I had to do a Google translate. Even though I lived in Germany for about a year and a half until just before age 6, and went to kindergarten there, I remember nothing of the language. And this after being my parents' official translator in stores.
A woman and child screaming in German will stop a kangaroo fight. The one that fell on the ground was having a heart attack. I was watching Sabine the physicist say Germany has gone downhill since back then.
Moderators, in retrospect, I should probably have started this thread in the Chit Chat forum. My apologies.
Here are excerpts from an article on the fascia. Fascia is a thin, web-like network of connective tissue that surrounds and supports every organ, muscle, bone, nerve fiber, and blood vessel in the body. It's made of collagen and other proteins, and can be thought of as a three-dimensional continuum that covers the entire body. Fascia has many functions including: Separating and supporting: Fascia separates muscles and organs from other structures, and supports and protects them. For example, the IT band is a fascial sheet that separates the quadriceps from the hamstrings. Reducing friction: Fascia reduces friction between muscles. Improving circulation: Fascia improves circulation. Forming compartments: Fascia forms muscular compartments. Providing attachments: Fascia provides attachments. Stretching: Fascia is designed to stretch as you move. https://www.pilatestonic.com/2013/how-are-you-like-a-kangaroo/ "What Do Humans and Kangaroos Have In Common? A kangaroo's muscles aren't large enough to give it the power to jump the height and distance that it does. This baffled scientists and led them to explore what gave kangaroos their jumping power. If it wasn't powerful musculature propelling these animals forward, what was it? They discovered a spring-like action responsible for the kangaroo's unique jumping ability. The tendons and fascia in its legs is tensioned like an elastic band and stores energy. When that energy is released it springs it forward into those amazing jumps. This is called elastic recoil. Soon after the discovery in kangaroos, the same discovery was found in gazelles and similarly in… drumroll please… humans." " What Is Fascia? In Latin, the term fascia means “to connect”. Fascia itself is a web-like, collagenous substance that connects everything in our entire body. It looks like a matrix of spiderwebs. Fascia is not just a superficial layer beneath the skin, though. It forms a continuous tensional network throughout the entire body. It covers and connects every single organ, nerve and every single muscle fiber. Fascia includes the ligaments, tendons, and joint capsules and is predominately made up of free-moving and bound water molecules. Fascia literally connects everything in the body. You might say that we're all wearing fascial bodysuits. For decades, those who study human anatomy have considered the fascia little more than white packing material for the organs; just pressing and holding all the organs and muscles in place. It was essentially stuff to be cut away, removed and thrown out in order to get at the “real” elements inside the body that makes it tick. Fascia was almost completely disregarded."
I get those dreams also with melatonin gummies. I think it is an interesting area for aging, fascia can thicken and become stiff. I guess beauty is "super fascial" in a way underpinning the poise and flexibility of a dancer. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/muscle-pain-it-may-actually-be-your-fascia#:~:text=Fascia is a thin casing,When stressed, it tightens up.
I would like to see those kangaroos with a voice over, especially when they crash into the German's tent. The fascia and Extra-Cellular Matrix (ECM) are clearly why besides muscle strength, some have quite literally the bounce of a kangaroo and others a robotic unyouthful poise. I was making cold cuts with a ham press a couple of days ago and removing the tough and elastic "silver skin" in the pork leg got me thinking. You were on to something with these springy animals.
This video is long and I only skipped to parts but I'll look at more later. They show a detailed model of the human fascial structure.