Expert Guides
The scientific, anatomical, and biomechanical foundations of the Blue Portance Knowledge Base
The Expert Guides follow a progression: understanding pain, explaining how living systems function dynamically, studying the structures that allow stresses, fluids, and information to circulate, and then showing how prolonged sitting can impede these circulations. They form the in-depth foundation to which the Frequently Asked Questions, Lived Experiences, and Case Studies refer.
From Adaptive Potential to Its Assessment in the Sitting Position
Adaptive potentialAdaptive potentialThe possibilities available to a person in a given situation to change their postural organization and vary the stresses placed on tissues, without losing balance or concentrating those stresses over long periods.Read the full entry : Adaptive potential is a property of living systems. A seat does not create it: depending on its architecture, it can preserve the possibilities for its expression or constrain them.
SBNFA™ — Systemic Biological Neuro-fascial Adaptive Framework applies this principle to the specific situation of sitting. Its functional framework, structured into 7 functions and 19 state variables, makes it possible to describe and compare what different seating architectures enable or limit.
From the Framework to Real-Life Situations
The Expert Guides form the in-depth scientific level of the Knowledge Base. They complement the Frequently Asked Questions, Lived Experiences, Case Studies, and the Personalized Analysis.
Note: this content is intended to inform and to explain mechanisms. It does not constitute a medical diagnosis or a prescription, and it does not replace the advice of a healthcare professional.
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