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Marimba Body: Superfriends (aka Wrists part 3)

Tendons are like a muscle's alter ego: a superhero that manages to somehow make sure every scenario ends up ok, regardless of villainous plots.  They have undeniable strength, can hold on to just about anything, and save just about anyone. Like Superman and Clark Kent, tendons aren't separate from muscles. They are simply two kinds of soft tissue, gently converging to form one shape.  In a way, one without the other is functionless. Both are needed to form a cohesive whole. Any time a muscle attaches to a bone, a tendon forms the literal connection. Take a look at the diagram below. There's a tendon - drawn here in white - at each end of the bicep and tricep. Though it might be oversimplified to the MD's and DO's out there, each muscle in the body has a tendon at each end to anchor it to the skeleton. What is exceptional about the wrist is the number of highly active tendons running through such a small space.  Not only are there tendons for the wrist,

Rhythm! Scene, April 2016

Hi, friends! As announced last week, here is the first of two articles to appear in Rhythm! Scene , the online publication of PAS.  You can find my contribution on pages 18 and 19. Rhythm! Scene is edited by  @ percussion 's own Megan Arns. If you aren't the reading type, you can check out the demonstration video that accompanies the article below. I take you through some discovery exercises about how it really feels to move the wrist in different ways. Thanks for reading, everybody. More body info coming your way soon :)