Yesterday I ran across this photo in the San Francisco Chronicle, and I thought, "Oh, that's lovely!" . . . | . . . "But HOW could there be no mention of the amazing face peering out of Ms. Frances Chung's knee?" |
And so I find myself pulled back into my old fascination with the faces in our knees! Years ago in art school, I got my first exposure to this thrilling topic on page 134 of the "Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist" (Stephen Rogers Peck). I thought it was a charming idea and it stuck in my mind, but it wasn't until many years later as a Pilates teacher that I saw my first real live knee-face. "Whoa!" I said to my client practicing on the Pilates Reformer in shorts, "You've got faces in your knees!" He said: "What?" (Nervous laughter.) |
What can we deduce from looking at these sketches? I think the brow, the eyes, and the bridge of the nose are formed by the patella.
That's about as far as I've gotten, but I want to know which structures in the knee, during what phase of action or tension or other factors, actually make the human face appear.
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Over the years of working with people and their bodies and knees, I've occasionally taken photographs of clients' and friends' knee-faces, and sometimes they were so distinctive we would name them (i.e. Dave on the left, Bill on the right). I've always wondered whether these features and expressions, or the lack of them, could tell us anything about the state of the joints and tissues -- diagnostic, as it were. Maybe not! I have no answers, yet. |
SERIOUS CONSIDERATION. Such as Carol Robbins' (RES-CPT™) serious investigation, which she made a video about. I urge you to click here to see her gripping (and un-gripping) video!
- (BTW, the ability to LOWER your kneecaps at will is very important to the health of your whole body, so please read Carol's excellent blog post "Release Your Kneecaps.")

If you have, can we talk about it?
Maybe you have an example (hopefully better than my own knee-selfie here on the right), or a trove of knee portraits you'd like to share. I'd love it if you post some photos in the Comments (being new to blogging I don't know if that's possible, but I'm sure you can post links).
And of course (Really? Of course?) an internet search brings up lots of references to celebrities living in somebody's knee or somebody living in a celebrity's knee, but no one I could find is answering my questions.