Using Foot Function Diagnostically Within The Dimensional Mastery Model
There are correlations between the Evolutionary Layers and specific attributes of foot function.
EVOLUTIONARY LAYERS
FOOT FUNCTION
When hyper or hypoactivation of a specific foot function is observed, one can link the collection of
TRAINING PROTOCOLS
associated with that developmental layer using the correlations listed below:
Assessment of foot functionality can be made visually by observing a person’s stance and gait, or by looking at the wear pattern on the soles of their shoes.
KNEE TRACKING
HIGH/LOW ARCHES
EVERSION/INVERSION OF STANCE AND GAIT.
STANCE (POSTURAL) ISSUES
Does the person slouch or stand with head forward?
LINKED TO:
ANIMAL LAYER and ALL LIVING THINGS LAYER (Development of the Structural Core)
By Priority:
1: ANIMAL LEGACY TRAINING PROTOCOLS
2: ALL LIVING THINGS LEGACY TRAINING PROTOCOLS
also to:
PRIMATE LAYER (Application of the Core as the foundation for tool use).
1: PRIMATE LEGACY TRAINING PROTOCOLS
GAIT ISSUES
Everted on “knocked Knee” gait.
linked to:
VERTEBRATE LAYER and ANIMAL LAYER (Development of Locomotion)
By Priority:
1: VERTEBRATE LEGACY TRAINING PROTOCOLS
2: ANIMAL LEGACY TRAINING PROTOCOLS
SHOCK ABSORPTION ISSUES (TENSEGRITY)
linked to:
1: MAMMALIAN LAYER
LATERAL STABILIZATION (Development of mastery of the horizontal plane)
linked to:
MAMMALIAN LAYER and VERTEBRATE LAYER.
By Priority:
1: MAMMALIAN LEGACY TRAINING PROTOCOLS
2: VERTEBRATE LEGACY TRAINING PROTOCOLS
META READING
An overview of foot structural and functional issues and means to optimize how we use our feet:
FEET
An overview of the core physiological structure and functions of which feet are an essential attribute:
LOCOMOTIVE CORE
and a discussion of human neurophysiology dissected by physiology:
THE FOUR CORES
An overview of the several models describing the expression of Life through the form of our species:
EVOLUTIONARY PARADIGMS