The Spinal Engine
Mentions in Episodes:
- Episode: Dr. Kelly Starrett: How to Improve Your Mobility, Posture & Flexibility
Podcast: Huberman LabUm, really a book that makes the rounds from time to time is a book called The Spinal Engine by Serge Gracovetsky, and he really talks about the trunk as a driver of power, not just as a chassis of which the big engine moves, and that really is a nice conceptual way of simplifying movement!
- Episode: Ido Portal: The Science & Practice of Movement | Huberman Lab Podcast #77
Podcast: Huberman LabFor example, the work of Gracovetsky on the spine in 'The Spinal Engine' illustrates how ancient movement patterns, perhaps stemming even from exoskeletons, persist within us.