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This Is the universal Bad back stance for someone who has what I call kickstand hip. Also known as #SIJointPain #BackPain #L5S1 #HipDifference #1LegLongerThanTheOther #1HipHigherThanTheOther causing back pain that comes and goes but has been happening for 5-30+ years and no one has been able to figure it out yet. I can take a 30° 20° 15° or 10° hip difference to 0° in 30 to 45 minutes. Bye-bye all of that. Should hold for at least a year if not longer. complete relief of the SI joint before or after surgery. Also this issue can create #BulgingDiscs #PainfulPeriods #Endometriosis #ProstateIssues #Hernias #Scoliosis #SlippedDiscs #Infertility #C-sections #Incontinence and tons of other issues. As your structural therapist, I can normalize this with no more than two sessions often happening in the introductory offer. I have to use my elbow and sometimes muscle tools to change your hips and it should stay. It’s 100% testable with great results. Try my introductory offer and schedule today at HeavyElbowbodywork.com bye-bye back pain haha #StructuralIntegration #MyofascialRelease #DeepTissue #HeavyElbowBodywork #Soft tissueHygienist #DenverColorado #ScheduleToday for chronic issues you’ll need to consider more than one 60 minutes treatment (at Heavy Elbow BodyWork) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpShUpJBXOQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mx4whfzvc3vl

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L5S1 herniated disk right before trip to Machi Pichu and subsequent recovery

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Kinetic type 

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L5 - Sensory Den

Using cheap, everyday items to create tactile and textural surfaces and objects was the aim of the piece. Wool was used, altering variables to provide a variety of texture with the same material.

Pom-poms in the centre top section are moveable along the thread, as are the beads. There is a weaving board which allows children to interact with wool and their own found, everyday items. Panels of circled PVC host textures which must be found between the uncovered circles.

A professional finish is not one I have accomplished, the work is very experimental but I feel I have created an area of tactility which could aid sensory integration. Throughout my work I have had conversations and advice from a social worker with many previous years of experience in working with children first hand - this advice and support has been invaluable as I was not in a position to gain the first-hand experience myself.

In building and creating the den, I realised I had most definitely bitten off more than I could chew as I set myself a huge task in creating such a large object with so many components. Although not entirely happy with the outcome, I hope it shows some of the crafting skills I have obtained during this project including building a structure from timber and knitting. Through knit, I learned the things I could change in order to create changes in texture through these variables which I feel was the most successful part of my project.

Colour decisions of blue and green were used in order to not be too overwhelming, as the number of tactile experiences would be high, I know that autistic children can be oversensitive to more than one sense and felt that a limited palette would help reduce this anxiety. This is also exhibited in limiting the number of materials as not to throw so many things in at once. Despite this, the den is a very busy place to be, but there are constants and orders which relax the potential of chaos.

When thinking about ‘lo-fi’ materials in comparison to Michel Gondry’s Science of sleep, his use of materials had a higher level of skill and professionalism involved. I feel I could have achieved more if I had organised my time more efficiently and made decisions after more thorough investigation and thought, such as the issues I had with MDF. This combined with my big workload created a huge amount of stress on myself. I spent so much time focused on correcting problems in the structure that time was lost on the most important part of the concept: sensory integration.

I feel the most valuable lessons I have learned with this project are to take my time, act on knowledge not assumptions, and set myself more achievable goals.

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L5 - Creative Writing Development

I started with a short piece of writing before developing it into an image. I wanted to show the overpowering sense of information where it is hard to understand, however, I didn’t feel it was appropriate as my work was about assisting sensory impairment.

Following this, I decided a clear and concise explanation of sense and sensory integration in a more professional and accurate way was much more appropriate as the topic is easy to misunderstand. 

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L5 - Structure Building

Measuring and cutting the timber proved so much more time efficient than when I used sheet material. The already planed timber immediately provided a smooth and more concise structure.

There was some slight splitting in the wood after joining, but I managed to rectify this using wood filler to fill in the gaps and strengthen the joints. After filling, I sanded down the excess filler as well as all the edges of the timber so they were less sharp. 

Deciding on colour was difficult, I had planned on using primary colours for the frame but when I thought more about it, I figured this would be too overwhelming. So, I went for “stardust grey”, with the idea that the colour will be incorporated into the textures that will fill the structure, as they will be the main focus of the ‘den’.

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L5 - Construction with MDF

Using MDF produced a lot of issues. The first issue being the logistics of getting a 9x1220x2440mm with delivery costs being more expensive than the material itself. After trying to come up with a cost-effective solution to this problem, I realised this was not going to work. So, I proceeded to alter my design to use straight legs instead of curves, this meant I could use another 9x660x1220mm sheet of MDF to cut from. Before purchasing the second sheet, I measured and cut from the sheet I already had. When drilling an screwing the pieces together, the wood split beyond repair so I had to start over considering new materials.

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Kinetic type - Final idea 

My final idea is to take quotes from “the people vs” videos but instead of just using the quote, like i did in my previous experiment, I have incorporated the text on top of imagery of the person who said it. I wanted all the gifs to be in black ad white so they look cohesive when placed together. I want to make nine of them in total so I can create a 3X3 grid out of them. I've also used similar symbols and shapes within the gifs so they clearly look like part of a collection. However, I haven't repeated the exact sequence as i want the gifs to stand alone as well as together