What is Biotensegrity?

Origins of Biotensegrity

Dr. Stephen Levin an Orthopaedic Surgeon coined the term Biotensegrity in the mid 1970’s. He had been taught during his orthopaedic training by some of the top biomechanics people at the time, that the human frame behaved much like an architectural column or skyscraper based on principles of Newtonian mechanics.

He explains more about it in this video:

 
 
Lucy O'Reilly