What is it about?

Human movement affects all of the body's organs, including the brain, and ensures good functioning provided it is experienced at varying levels of intensity in good amounts every day of our lives. The biological make up of humans is based on movement flushing the systems, reacting to stimuli and enhancing the cognitive processes. So why are humans not valuing movement in their lives and taking advantage of the huge health, social and cognition benefits for a good quality life? This paper outlines recent traditional and emerging compelling research evidence particularly from biological and neurosciences, and proposes the need to broaden and strengthen the human motion paradigm to get closer to the significant impact movement has on development, functioning and learning in humans.

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Why is it important?

The value of human motion is underestimated and is the central cause for its devaluation in Australian and most societies around the globe. A better insight into the inestimable value of movement underpins much needed greater implementation and advocacy in government health and education policies and practices. This enables professionals in the field to pose an unarguable position to command more support and acknowledgement for movement to be inserted as essential ingredients in programs across a wide range of institutions for people of all ages across the lifespan, particularly those in health and education.

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This article has formed the basis for international presentations for Health and Physical Educators. Many professionals have used it to comprehensively elucidate the powerful omnipresence of movement for healthy high quality human existence. It provides a basis for Health and Physical Educators to more clearly enunciate their beliefs and passion to forge greater opportunities to lead, encourage, inspire and motivate as much movement as possible for people living and learning over their entire lifespan.

Dr Graham Douglas Dodd
ACHPER & TriSkills Australia

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This page is a summary of: The unrealised value of human motion – ‘moving back to movement!’, Asia-Pacific Journal of Health Sport and Physical Education, May 2015, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/18377122.2015.1054149.
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