MUSCLES MUSCLES MUSCLES
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Greetings
From
Florida
Brothers
&
Sisters
“POINT of IMPACT”
with Laura Wise
MUSCLES MUSCLES MUSCLES
(Who’s Got The Muscles)
Can you imagine, the muscle system
is made
up of 6 Trillion muscle fibers.
(also called
cells) Each fiber is thinner
than a human
hair, but can support up to 1000
times it’s
own weight. Only God …could create
such an
amazing thing.
There are 639 muscles in the
human body.
Each one of those muscles has
an origin and
insertion. The origin is usually
the attachment
to the more stationary bone while
the insertion
is the connection to the mobile
bone. Let’s
take the Brachialis (your biceps
best friend
ie makes your bicep bulge) for
example. It’s
origin is the distant front surface
of your
humerus. It’s insertion is a
small bump on
the end of the ulna.
These muscles are made of a very
special
type of tissue, which is composed
of “contractible”
cells or fibers that effects
movement of
an organ or part of a body. In
order for
specific movement to occur, muscles
have
to play certain roles. The muscle
that carries
out an action is called the “prime
mover”
, while muscles that support
the prime mover
are called “synergists”. Muscles
that resist
the prime mover are called “antagonists”.
(makes sense, doesn’t it?) For
example...if
I was doing some curls with my
right arm…my
prime mover would be my Biceps
and synergist
would be my Bicep’s best friend...Brachialis...and
the antagonist would be the...Triceps.
There
is a constant game of give and
take as we
build our muscles. Body builders
are more
aware of this fact than most
people. Our
whole routine is structured around
the degrees
of this phenomenon and how to
correctly balance
that tug of war. The average
persons are
unaware of their bodies and their
movement.
Can you imagine the muscles at
work to do
something as simple as walk to
the mailbox.
Is it really so simple? Like
I said before…Only
God…
Below are 4 major functions of
your muscles:
To produce movement / To stabilize
joints
To maintain posture / To generate
heat
MUSCLES MUSCLES ,WHO’S GOT THE
MUSCLES….EVERY…BODY!!!
Ref. Trail Guide to the Body
,Andrew Biel
Essential Science for Therapeutic
Massage,
Mosby The Balanced Body, Donald
Scheumann
Thank You God for all our muscles…show
us
how we can use them for you…
Be Blessed, your sis, Laura
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