What does soft tissue do? No really aren’t muscles tendons, ligaments and fascia just there to help us move. Well yes and no.
Certainly the most obvious function of the human bodies musculature is movement. Without the musculature we would not/could not sit, stand, walk, twist, type, read, breath, swallow, run, jump or leap Wiggle, jiggle, dance, hop, eat, swallow, frown, smile or laugh. Hammer, screw, cut, drive, lift, carry, shovel, drill, drink, wave, swim,…
That movement of muscles provides a critical pumping function for the fluid of the body i.e. blood, and lymph. While the heart and lungs are the primary pumps for the blood and lymph, they are certainly not the only ones. That would be like saying that the guy who dips out the water in a bucket line is doing the whole job. He fills a critical job but without the movement of the water by the rest of the line, the fire will probably win.
Another aspect of the muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia is station keeping. Kind of like the way a spiders web holds together. The individual strands of the web while strong, count on a dynamic tension of pull from different directions to hold together, and respond to stress, threats, damage or food. This translates to holding bones, organs, tissue, etc in place, moving, separating and holding together at the same time. Not only that but it holds up against gravity, and adapts to abuse, use and disease. Pretty impressive huh?
