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5.
Alteredmuscle activity is part of your response
to injury and threat. Changes inmuscle
activity in the short term serve short term
purposes – like escape or bracing.
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But in the
long term there can be costs. We discuss this
on page 90.
6.
Most muscle activity is about making sense of
the world and how to cope with and interact
with it. In this way, muscles are windows onto
the brain. So if yourmuscles are working
differently youmust ask yourself why. Tone of
voice is determined bymuscles in your throat.
Spasm is a powerful protectivemuscular
process. So are limping and other protective
behaviours. It is the brain that allows freedom
and quality of muscle expression. Without
muscles, you can’t walk, talk, laugh, lie, wink,
spit, fart or cry.
