by Jules | May 29, 2014 | Articles
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...
by Jules | Apr 19, 2014 | Articles
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...
by Jules | Mar 29, 2014 | Articles
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...
by Jules | Mar 7, 2014 | Articles
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,”...
by Jules | Mar 1, 2014 | Articles
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. ...
