This is old hat and very hard to believe. This is for fat people moving like snails that lose large amounts of weight.
When Boston Billy was winning the Boston marathon time after time {4 time winner} running coaches had
runners watch hours of him running and copy exactly how Billy ran. It proved impossible after many years of
trying.
Bill Rodgers was poetry in motion. Not one wasted movement in his stride. I lived close by and rode my bike trying to keep up with him. It was fun and tied me out but got me in great shape.
No runner could ever duplicate his foot placement nor the way his legs coordinated . PERIOD
They were all professionals. It was fruitless.
At the time they came to the conclusion that one was born with their own individual biomechanics
Biomechanics has broad applications across many fields.
- Sports science: To improve athletic performance and reduce injury risk, biomechanists analyze the movements of athletes. For example, they can study a runner's gait or a golfer's swing to identify inefficiencies and suggest improvements.
- Medicine and rehabilitation: Biomechanics informs the design of medical devices like prosthetics, orthotics, and artificial organs. It also helps physical therapists develop rehabilitation protocols by analyzing the mechanics of joints and muscles.
- Orthopedics: The field contributes to the design of orthopedic implants, such as hip and knee replacements, to increase their mechanical efficiency and longevity.
- Ergonomics: In workplace design, biomechanics is used to create tools, furniture, and environments that minimize stress on the body and reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injuries.
- Forensics and injury analysis: Biomechanical analysis can be used to reconstruct how injuries occurred in incidents such as vehicle collisions or falls, providing insight into the forces involved.
- Cellular and molecular biology: Biomechanics can be applied on a microscopic level to study how mechanical forces affect the function and structure of cells and proteins.
Core concepts
- Force: A push or pull that can cause a change in motion. In the body, forces are generated by muscles and interact with external forces like gravity.
- Torque: The rotational equivalent of force. In the body, muscles create torque around joints to produce movement.
- Stress and strain: Stress is the internal force acting on a material, while strain is the resulting deformation. Biomechanics studies how biological tissues like bone, muscle, and cartilage respond to these loads.
- Wolff's Law: This principle describes how bone adapts to mechanical stress, remodeling itself over time to become stronger in response to increased loading.
Tools and methods
To study the mechanical aspects of living organisms, biomechanists use a range of specialized tools and techniques:
- Motion capture: High-speed cameras track the movement of markers placed on a subject's body to create a 3D model of their motion.
- Force plates: These platforms measure the forces and pressure distributions exerted on the ground during movement, like walking or jumping.
- Electromyography (EMG): Sensors measure the electrical activity of muscles to determine when and how intensely they are contracting.
- Computational modeling: Computer simulations, such as finite element analysis (FEA), are used to predict the mechanical behavior of biological systems when direct measurement is not possible.
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