Form and Function

In day to day life our bodies take numerous shapes. We ask our bodies to sit still, to reach, to stand, to balance , to lift with all sorts of various purposes and goals in mind. It is a highly adaptable structure capable of learning new skills to solve current and future movement problems. This level of adaptability is readily observable in the process of training. However, when it comes to injury and injury diagnosis it is often left out. We tend to place the most emphasis on the form of the jt, ie a new anterior cruciate ligament is not the same ligament as before- however it will adapt and change into a ligament. As a physiotherapist the function part is often the most important