| Late in 2001, a great deal of media
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| | spine relationship -- compressed or free
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| attention was focused on Ginger, a.k.a.
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| | -- determines the quality of the body's
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| "IT" - a secret invention that the
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| | overall coordination."Our neuromuscular
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| brilliant and eccentric inventor Dean
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| | system is designed to work in concert
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| Kamen had been working on for over a
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| | with gravity. Delicate poise of the head
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| decade. Some reports said it would be an
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| | sparks the body's anti-gravity response:
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| even bigger deal than the PC!What finally
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| | a natural oppositional force in the torso
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| emerged in early December was the Segway,
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| | that easily guides us upward and invites
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| a self-balancing "human transporter". It
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| | the spine to lengthen, rather than
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| uses a combination of gyroscopes, tilt
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| | compress, as we move. Instead of
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| sensors and high performance motors - and
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| | slouching or holding ourselves in a rigid
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| vast amounts of computing power - to
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| | posture, we can learn to mobilize this
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| produce a scooter-like device that lets
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| | support system and use it wherever we go
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| you travel over virtually any kind of
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| | -- in the car, at the computer, in the
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| terrain without toppling over.As Kamen
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| | gym."But this elegant design only works
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| explains, "The idea is to put a human
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| | well if the muscles in our necks are free
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| being into a system where the machine
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| | of excess tension. And unfortunately, as
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| acts as an extension of your body. When
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| | we go through life, many of us develop
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| you walk, you're really in what's called
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| | tension in our necks and other parts of
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| a controlled fall. You off-balance
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| | our body, that interfere with both our
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| yourself, putting one foot in front of
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| | upright posture and our ability to use
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| the other and falling onto them over and
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| | our body as it was designed.You can
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| over again. When you use a Segway,
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| | easily see this for yourself if you take
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| there's a gyroscope that acts like your
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| | a look at just about any group of adults
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| inner ear, a computer that acts like your
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| | running or jogging and compare what you
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| brain, motors that act like your muscles,
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| | see to children running about at play.
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| wheels that act like your feet."Segway's
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| | More often than not, the adults will be
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| performance has earned rave reviews,
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| | tightening their faces shoulders, arms -
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| although its $3000 price tag may limit
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| | and of course their necks. Most small
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| sales to industrial markets and the
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| | children will be running about with ease
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| high-end consumer market.The Segway is a
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| | and poise.The harmful posture and
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| wonderful reminder of our own ability to
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| | movement habits many of us acquire as we
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| stand and move about with an upright
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| | grow up can come about for a variety of
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| posture. The Segway's design is
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| | reasons: the unconscious imitation of
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| impressive all right, but what's even
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| | adults in their lives who themselves
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| more amazing is the design of our body
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| | carry excess tension, bad school
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| that allows us to go about life without
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| | furniture design or stressful family
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| falling over. After all, we are tall,
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| | situations, to name but a few.A machine
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| relatively thin creatures with a high
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| | like the Segway doesn't have to face
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| center of gravity resting on two rather
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| | these kinds of problems. If something
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| small feet.Why on earth don't we just
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| | happens to affect its functioning -
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| keep falling over? How do we stay
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| | perhaps a motor or computer failure -
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| upright?A large part of the answer lies
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| | it's quickly fixed by repair or
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| in the way our head is balanced on top of
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| | replacement.For us, it's more
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| our spines and an ingenious structure
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| | complicated. We can't just go out and
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| that allows for stability - our heads
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| | order a new neck when our old one becomes
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| don't easily detach from our bodies! -
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| | excessively tight. But we can use our
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| and for flexibility - our heads can move
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| | intelligence to assess the situation and
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| quickly and easily in response to
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| | learn how to release the harmful posture
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| changing circumstances.As Joan Arnold, a
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| | and movement patterns that have crept
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| teacher of the Alexander Technique in New
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| | into our lives.There are a number of
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| York City writes: "... when the neck
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| | somatic teaching and therapeutic
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| muscles do not overwork, the head
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| | processes that can help us restore the
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| balances lightly at the top of spine.
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| | grace and ease of movement we had as
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| The relationship between the head and the
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| | children. The one I'm most familiar with
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| spine is of utmost importance. How we
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| | is the Alexander Technique. Taught for
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| manage that relationship has
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| | over a century, it has a well-deserved
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| ramifications throughout the rest of the
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| | reputation for helping people improve the
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| body. As the boss -- good or bad -- sets
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| | quality of their physical functioning.
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| the tone for an organization, the head /
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