I’m updating this blog for two reasons: 1. Jeff (the boyfriend/husband) came home last week with epsom salt because he was told by a medical professional, scientist, random someone out there in the scientifically illiterate world that it would help...
A few blog posts ago, I promised to talk more about range. Here it is. In mechanical terms, range is how much strain (deformation) a material can withstand while stiffness is how much stress (load) something can withstand. Basically, range is how far something can...
You can still be “flexible” and have mechanically stiff tendons and ligaments. If you read my first post on the topic of biomechanical stiffness, you may remember this statement: The problem is that when we use stiffness in a casual manner, it...
Somehow stiffness got a really bad rap. We are always griping and complaining about stiffness: “I have stiff neck,” “That long car ride left my back and legs painfully stiff,” “My shoulders are so stiff I need a massage,”...
As I approach the final months of my graduate program (!!!!!!), I am gaining momentum for the next step: sharing my research with the world. As part of that process, I will be writing more blog posts. I got into biomechanics so I could do more math. I love math. ...
