Understanding the role of fascia in healthy movement and postural distortion is of vital importance to bodyworkers and movement therapists. Anatomy Trains: Myofascial Meridians for Manual and Movement Therapists presents a unique ‘whole systems’ view of myofascial/locomotor anatomy in which the bodywide connections among the muscles within the fascial net are described in detail for the first time. Using the metaphor of railway or train lines, Myers explains how patterns of strain communicate through the myofascial ‘webbing’, contributing to postural compensation and movement stability. Written in a style that makes it easy to understand and apply, Anatomy Trains provides an accessible and comprehensive explanation of the anatomy and function of the myofascial system in the body. The DVD ROM in the back of the book contains video of techniques, Anatomy Trains-based dissections and computer animations of the myofascial meridian lines.

对于健身教练和运动治疗师而言，了解筋膜在健康运动和姿态扭曲中的作用是非常重要的。该书提出了关于肌筋膜/运动器官解剖学的“整体系统”观点，并首次描述了“全系统的”肌肉和筋膜之间的连接网络。作者应用火车或火车轨道的比喻来解释扭伤类型是如何借助肌筋膜网络传递、损伤后代偿以及运动稳定性。该书以一种易懂且易于应用的方式写作，深入浅出的概述了体内肌筋膜系统的解剖学和功能。书后附带的DVD光盘包括一些技术视频、以Anatomy Trains为基础的分析以及肌筋膜线的计算机动画。

"Anatomy Trains champions a wider scope of the body and it's movement systems." Gray Cook MSPT, OSPT, CSCS, Developer of the Functional Movement Screen "The Anatomy Trains metaphor is a revelation; a way of seeing the body's interconnectedness more clearly, offering new physiological and anatomical perspectives, and therefore different clinical choices. Quite simply the content of this book is revolutionary." Leon Chaitow ND DO, Honorary Fellow, University of Westminster, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies “Clinicians, researchers and educators alike will find this an invaluable text, which leads to new insights on each reading.” Thomas Findley MD PhD, Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Editor-in Chief, International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork: Research, Education and Practice

• includes full-colour illustrations of 11 myofascial meridians and the rules for discovering other meridians • uses numerous full colour charts and drawings to detail the muscular and fascial structures involved in the meridians • presents information on assessment of structural and movement patterns and gives related application to manual therapy and movement education • provides a selection of techniques from the library of structural integration • includes an introduction to the fascial system as a whole, with points-of-view and the latest research findings on the fascial system’s responses • offers a fun approach to learning essential structural anatomy, comparing the connective tissue system to a railway network • video material on the accompanying DVD ROM to visually present the anatomy as described in the book.

• Full colour throughout • New design and layout • 140 New full colour figures including dissection photographs and client photos • DVD ROM in back of book • A new appendices on ‘Structural integration' and 'Myofascial meridians and oriental medicine' • New posters to be published simultaneously.