ABSTRACT
Biotensegrity provides new explanations concerning how authors manage to stay upright in the field of gravity, pump blood, tolerate repetitive movements, and much more. In a living structure, a biotensegrity, changes in tension and compression have been observed to be translated into changes in chemistry and metabolism. Prior to the biotensegrity model, the accepted paradigm for human movement was grounded in solid Newtonian physics, based on square-frame levers applied to rigid elements standing on solid ground. In biotensegrity pre-stress is contributed to by the self-generated forces of contractile cells and by osmotic dynamics of fluid flow leading to morphological diversity. It is further proposed that minimally invasive surgery, based on fascia-sparing approaches and bloodless planes, requires detailed knowledge of fascial anatomy supported by biotensegrity principles.
