Jean Claude Guimberteau: The Extracellular Matrix, Biotensegrity & Order From Chaos

Jean Claude Guimberteau is a French surgeon who specialises in endoscopic investigations of the human extracellular matrix, otherwise known as fascia. Over the span of several decades, Jean Claude has documented thousands of hours of footage of living tissue and the spaces between tissues. He has observed that the living extracellular matrix is a dynamic and fractal structure capable of absorbing stress and distributing it through the entire system in a non-linear manner. His work overlaps that of biotensegrity, systems biology and non-equilibrium thermodynamics, even extending to ideas of how posture influences cellular and even genomic processes.

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:20 - Jean Claude's Opening Thoughts

00:06:00 - Beginning Investigations & Findings

00:12:07 - Defining Terms (ECM, Fascia, Ground Substance etc.)

00:14:41 - Fractals & Dynamic Adaptation

00:16:00 - Biotensegrity Systems & Stephen Levin

00:19:38 - Order (Adaptivity) From Chaos (Irregularity) [Thermodynamics]

00:25:43 - Non-linearity In Bodywork

00:29:39 - Water & Collagen

00:34:47 - Glycoaminoglycans & Charge

00:37:32 - Piezoelectricity In Bone & Muscle

00:38:54 - From Cells To ECM: Complete Continuity

00:43:54 - Inter-individual Differences In ECM

00:46:10 - Oedema & Swelling

00:53:23 - Exercise/Movement/Bodywork

00:55:57 - Red Light Therapy

00:56:41 - Future Investigations

01:00:27 - Outro