Overlooking the Obvious

When the human body breaks down, it happens most obviously at the extremities of the head, hands and feet, which are those areas most impacted by poor circulation -- yet the tendency is to think that poor circulation is due to some impairment of the heart, rather than the lack of functioning at the extremities, at which most people are surprised they have the range of movement I demonstrate to them.

In performing those movements of rotation at the wrists, ankles, and neck, even 85 year old women who have never "made a muscle" before in their lives, are surprised to see the appearance and movement of muscle that they've never witnessed before -- simply because they've never thought to make such movements. Yet these are the very movements that are required, if one wants to exhibit such development -- and it is this articulation of these movements that maximize the circulatory effectiveness, if that contraction is alternated by a relaxation phase.

That is usually the problem of hypertense people, as well as bodybuilders, of whom the observant person will usually remark, that they never seem to relax but maintain a constantly contracted muscles -- which not incidentally, often causes the constriction of blood flow to the brain by which many seem to pass out or become light-headed and not functioning well otherwise.

What to me seems to be the distinguishing feature of those with diminished brain functioning, is this lack of head movement, just as those with grotesquely swollen ankles and feet, have no movement that properly done in the full range of possibility, would push the fluid back to the heart and organs of filtration, thereby eliminating the waste products that ordinarily accumulate if not evacuated effectively by these muscle contractions, which are compressive in action.

That is why these people with obviously painful swollen extremities frequently have them wrapped in compressive bandages -- to reduce the swelling, in the absence of this muscular action. For most people, these muscle actions are possible, but simply done, because they have never been witnessed before, or brought to their attention -- except when a home run king or basketball player claims that it is all done with the wrist, and what others, describe as a follow-through, as though it is incidental to the action, rather than its primary focus and intent.

Instead, it is usually thought that the objective of such movements, is to move the major muscles, when in fact, useful work is not expressed except through the fine motor action at the extremities of the body designed as the highest expression of the human body -- whether it is athletics, art, or writing. Those neuro-muscular connections must be kept at the highest level of responsiveness, or they wither from disuse and become disfunctional. But in an inactive or otherwise gross motor life, one doesn't notice such deterioration except to comment that one's memory isn't as good as it used to be, no longer smiles as they used to, can no longer thread a needle as well as one could, or has trouble maintaining one's balance on one's feet.

But it usually never occurs to such people making these comments, that there is something directly they can do about it -- to maintain optimal functioning in those organs. Instead, they are misdirected to the lack of proper functioning at the heart, which is more than likely to be operating well -- if it is operating at all. That's usually not the problem; the problem is that which is not operating at all -- except as the immovable stumps people come to regard the extremities of their bodies because they do not articulate the full range of movement possible at the wrist, ankles and neck -- that are usually not given attention at all, in most conventional and traditional conditioning and exercise programs heretofore, and it is this lack, which I point out, is the direct cause of deterioration beginning at these sensitive and vulnerable parts, that given even minimal attention, produces the greatest transformation in the performance, appearance and functioning of the body! -- so much so as to seem miraculous by what we have commonly experienced in this arena.

This is most obviously seen in the many elderly seen "walking" invariably with walkers, and shuffling their feet while articulating no real foot movement in relationship to its supporting structure of the lower leg. For all practical purposes, the foot is regarded as a pad for moving the body around, instead of regarding that the range of movement of the foot, the hand, and the head, are really what characterizes and distinguishes distinctly vital human behaviors and functioning -- unlike the heart which is pretty similar in all species of animated living, because it has to unfailingly fully contract or fully relax as its only function and purpose.

The human hand is like no other, and in its absence, some have been able to master those tasks with the human foot even to the point of painting and writing with no discernible difference in quality. And the human head, face, houses the largest brain in proportion to bodyweight, and contains the senses of speech, sight, smell, taste and hearing that is vital to maintain, of which the most important function, is the maintenance of the circulation to those areas -- that are largely determined by the same muscular contractions that increase and direct the flow to everywhere else in the body -- and not just by "mental exercises," that do not provide the actuality of this function.

And so I've long maintained, that if one assures the best circulatory performance to these areas, the rest of the body is well-maintained because that is their proper role as supporting structures to the vital tasks performed only at the hands, feet and head. All other movements, have no real meaning otherwise -- yet that is usually the entirety of the focus of conditioning programs of little value and interest for most, and will be abandoned as soon as possible because it is purely arbitrary -- rather than the necessary mastery of the vital skills necessary to maintain all one's life for maximum performance, enjoyment and meaning in life.

What could be more obvious than that?