Thanks, Gary, this is so useful and would love to have the Footwork Pro for my elderly clients who have balance issues. I am an Alexander Technique teacher and Malcolm Balk introduced me to your work. Can you readily get this Footwork Pro equipment.
Gary, I have been looking into these force plates due to my own desire to have reliable, objective information to track shifts in a persons whole body system. I know that many folks use visual body reading or table tests for this but I do no yet feel confident in either the reliability of those assessments or my capacity to administer them. I notice that these types of assessments do not always have high inter-operator reliability. A few questions if you don't mind. For what reason did you use or do you continue to use this data collection system (assuming you think of it that way). Lastly, in your experience, do you think that the force plate provides information that tends to match the subjectively positive or negative experiences of the clients themselves? The hope would be to bring the quantitative and qualitative into harmony. Much appreciated! Thanks, Sean
Gary, Thanks for putting out the video/s, they are awesome. I am curious if you find that the large majority of people hold more weight in the right foot? Be well, Sean
Sean O'Hara You are welcome. Not in my experience Sean. There are a huge combination of ways we organise and hold ourselves based on our life history more than a pre-determined anatomical set up. Hope that helps?
@@GaryWard_anatomyinmotion It does, I am asking because there is a school of thought (Postural Restoration Institute) that talks a lot about natural anatomical asymmetries(mainly the diaphragm shape) that drive patterning that keeps people shifted right and rotated left through the spine (see: michalenglo's David sculpture). Like yourself, I have begun using drawing as a way to make sense of all this shape-making we do. Are you aware of PRI and the models that focus a lot on airflow and fluid flow?
I have recently been found to be left shifted and right rotated, and also found that when I stand still and upright my right foot turns out everything so slightly more than my left. I had a severe right ankle sprain about 20yrs ago and often found I would turn my foot out to stop me going over on it again
Excellent description and visulazation. Thank you so much!
Awesome video Gary!
Thanks, Gary, this is so useful and would love to have the Footwork Pro for my elderly clients who have balance issues. I am an Alexander Technique teacher and Malcolm Balk introduced me to your work. Can you readily get this Footwork Pro equipment.
Hi Gary, great video! What is the name of the force plate that you are using?
It’s an AM cube force plate using Footwork Pro. Mar-systems in UK distribute worldwide.
Gary,
I have been looking into these force plates due to my own desire to have reliable, objective information to track shifts in a persons whole body system. I know that many folks use visual body reading or table tests for this but I do no yet feel confident in either the reliability of those assessments or my capacity to administer them. I notice that these types of assessments do not always have high inter-operator reliability.
A few questions if you don't mind. For what reason did you use or do you continue to use this data collection system (assuming you think of it that way). Lastly, in your experience, do you think that the force plate provides information that tends to match the subjectively positive or negative experiences of the clients themselves? The hope would be to bring the quantitative and qualitative into harmony.
Much appreciated!
Thanks, Sean
Gary,
Thanks for putting out the video/s, they are awesome. I am curious if you find that the large majority of people hold more weight in the right foot?
Be well, Sean
or perhaps a better way to say that is they tend to stay shifted to the right and spend more time on that foot
Sean O'Hara
You are welcome.
Not in my experience Sean. There are a huge combination of ways we organise and hold ourselves based on our life history more than a pre-determined anatomical set up. Hope that helps?
@@GaryWard_anatomyinmotion It does, I am asking because there is a school of thought (Postural Restoration Institute) that talks a lot about natural anatomical asymmetries(mainly the diaphragm shape) that drive patterning that keeps people shifted right and rotated left through the spine (see: michalenglo's David sculpture). Like yourself, I have begun using drawing as a way to make sense of all this shape-making we do. Are you aware of PRI and the models that focus a lot on airflow and fluid flow?
I have recently been found to be left shifted and right rotated, and also found that when I stand still and upright my right foot turns out everything so slightly more than my left. I had a severe right ankle sprain about 20yrs ago and often found I would turn my foot out to stop me going over on it again
Isn't all of this completely obvious? I'm not sure what is to be learned from this video?