Knee Pain and Body Fat

Posted by Martin Koban on May 21, 2013 in Science behind it all

Today I want to talk with you about two critical connections between body fat and knee health. The first of them is well known, but often underestimated. The second one is little known and poorly understood. Let’s start with number one: the increased load on your joints. Body Fat Fact 1: Obvious, but Underestimated The more you weigh, the higher the load your joints have to handle. But – and...

The central nervous system, muscle length and the lie of stretching

Posted by Martin Koban on Dec 15, 2011 in Science behind it all

There are over 200 bones and more than 600 muscles in the human body. Some muscles can be voluntarily controlled; others are used without us contributing much. When it comes to movement however, we have to learn everything from scratch. So when we were born, we already had the hardware to move around, but were missing parts of the software. That basically means the central nervous system needed...