Bowman, Katy
Summary: Rethink Your Position is every body's guide to everyday alignment. It explains how to check the way different areas are moving now, includes precision exercises to get important parts moving better, and shows how making small changes can increase your physical activity all day long--not only at the gym, but at the office, in the kitchen, on a walk with friends ... even while you're...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Propriometrics Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.7 BOWCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.7 BOWSummary: This program looks at the human body in motion, studying the interaction of the skeleton and muscles and the ways in which engineers and designers imitate these systems. Demonstrating how bones allow mobility while also providing protection, the program examines skeletal strength, calcium's importance, the internal structure of bones, and their dependence on muscles for cohesion and power....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This collection of 54 video clips (1 minute to 2 minutes 30 seconds each) takes a close look at infectious diseases and medical disorders, spotlighting AIDS, ALS, Alzheimer’s disease, aneurysms, asthma, autism, avian flu, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, food allergies, heart attack, Huntington’s disease, macular degeneration, malaria, Marburg virus, muscular dystrophy, Parkinson’s disease, Spanish...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Although it is a major weight-bearing joint, the knee is surprisingly flexible in all manner of forward, reverse, and lateral motions. This program addresses the intricate mechanics of the knee joint's musculature, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage. In addition, traumas to the menisci and the collateral and cruciate ligaments-the most commonly damaged structures-are described.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: A ball-and-socket joint capable of a complex range of motion, the shoulder achieves its mobility through the sacrifice of stability, relying on surrounding muscles and tendons for strength. This program presents the technical specifications of the shoulder: what muscles sheathe it, how it functions, and its range of motion. Conditions such as bursitis, tendonitis, dislocation, and fracture of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: It bothers-and sometimes debilitates-an estimated 80 percent of Americans at some time during their adult lives. And low back pain shows no sign of going away, despite current research into its causes and potential cures. This program examines the ongoing health issue through case studies, interviews with medical experts, and animated graphics showing spinal anatomy, movement, and conditions....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This, the first of two programs on the senses, looks at those sense receptors that depend on contact with the immediate world: taste buds, touch sensors, and olfactory cells. These receptors also sense heat, pain, and pressure. The complex world just beneath the skin is re-created with realistic models, showing events like the pulling of a hair seen from the viewpoint of the root.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This program deconstructs the human skeletal and muscular systems, two interdependent assemblies that endow the body with structure and movement. Beginning with an introductory overview, the video identifies the body's bones by dividing the skeleton into its axial and appendicular components, analyzes bone composition, describes the process of bone repair, and categorizes bone and joint types....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Not every machine can recharge and repair itself on a regular basis. Fortunately, the human machine can-quickly rebounding to a state of alertness, adaptability, and high-gear action. This program explores the staggering capabilities of the body's interlinked devices, from the sleeping brain to the wide-awake reproductive system. Viewers learn about the photographic powers of the eye, which...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Gunther von Hagens, the world's leading expert in human dissection, reveals the kinetic framework of the body in this program-as well as the neural expressway that enables the structure to move. Von Hagens' dissection shows how the skeleton operates like a system of levers, giving viewers a detailed look at the shape, composition, and mobility of bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: How can biomechanical principles be used to enhance physical performance? This program explains how to calculate velocity, acceleration, and momentum involving major types of bodily motion; distinguishes between two types of balance while discussing the concept of center of gravity and showing how to calculate force; and investigates the principles of fluid mechanics, including buoyancy,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This program explores the skeletal system, with an emphasis on its importance in providing structure and support for the body. Topics include how the skeletal and muscular systems work together to enable movement; the relationship between joints and bones; connective tissue; functions of the skeletal system, including support, protection, movement, storage, and blood cell production; and types...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: For engine power and endurance, nothing beats the human heart. Over a 12-hour period it propels enough blood to fill 22,132 wine glasses. The human chassis isn't bad, either. Its bones are ultra-light and tough as steel, not to mention that they produce 139 million blood cells every minute. Using animation and dramatizations, this program offers up surprising and enlightening facts about the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: In this program, the diverse nature of muscle tissue is examined, from its gross structure to its detailed microstructure, where chemical energy is harnessed to produce movement. As muscle forms the basis for much of a person's body shape, we explore the ways in which this shape can be changed by the activities we perform. The program provides a complete introduction to the following topics:...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This program demonstrates, on a microscopic level, what happens when a kung fu master is at work: how muscles work, how two types of molecules telescoping against each other produce enormous strength as they work in large numbers, how muscles of the heart and digestive tract move without conscious direction.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This program looks at the many roles played by muscle and skin in our everyday lives. Topics include muscles and movement; cardiac, smooth, and skeletal muscle; detailed structure of a skeletal muscle; types of muscle contraction and movement; muscles and posture; homeostasis; and the important roles played by skin, hair, nails, and glands.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Beyond the immediate risks to a patient's life, doctors must also identify other bodily damage. In this program, Dr. Gunther von Hagens examines the kinds of injuries that can lead to permanent disability if not quickly addressed. Dissecting a female body donor who died after falling from a window, von Hagens locates fractures throughout her skeleton, explains how bones break, and bends a human...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The topic of bones and joints is explored in this program with Dr. Lyle Micheli at Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Micheli runs the world's leading orthopedic clinic for young athletes, where the most common types of sports injuries, such as acute impact damage, are treated. The structure and function of the knee are clearly illustrated as we follow the diagnosis and treatment of injuries...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This program shows how the cerebellum coordinates muscle activity and how position sensors in the muscles and joints and the balancing mechanism of the inner ear function. The motions of a water-skier show how muscles, joints, and organs link up. The role of joints is explained, and a look at the interior of a human knee shows clearly how lubricating fluid is produced.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The topic of skin is introduced by viewing a typical collection of bodies on a sun-drenched beach. We are familiar with the sight of skin exposed to the sun, but do we know what is actually happening to the skin surface? Using scanning electron microscopy, we get a bug's-eye view of the living barrier between our body and the outside world. The detailed internal structure of the skin is...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the world's most frequently occurring fatal genetic disease among children-although its victims sometimes live into their teens or early adulthood. This ABC News program features a young man named Darius Weems who decided early on not to become a victim. Paralleling the celebrated documentary Darius Goes West, the program describes a life-affirming cross-country...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: The ankle, a major weight-bearing joint, is injured more than any other part of the body. After examining the surface features of the foot and ankle, this program probes the deeper layers, highlighting major bones, muscles, ligaments, blood vessels, and nerves. Special attention is given to the arches and the ankle joint with respect to stability. Common ankle and foot injuries, such as sprains...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: When used with delicacy, the hand is capable of manipulation that goes far beyond what might be expected of its mechanical design. This program demonstrates how the hand functions, spotlighting the opposable nature of the thumb, and how the nerve network and blood vessels deploy. The pathologies of common damage, including carpal tunnel syndrome, wrist fractures, "mallet finger," and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In action or at rest, the human body is always in motion. This program uses vivid animations and real-life examples to show how the musculoskeletal and cardiorespiratory systems work and how they influence and respond to movement. Chapters include Introduction, The Skeletal System, The Muscular System, The Respiratory System, The Circulatory System, and Conclusion.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010