Oscar Pistorius is a name most athletic households know. He was the double amputee runner in the London 2012 Olympics. Pistorius had double blades on his legs thanks to biomechanics. However, many spectators viewed his blade legs as cheating, and an unfair advantage against the able body competitors, because they were engineered to help him be fast. Biomechanics does not only replace body parts for amputees but also uses one’s own body to reach its own potential. Furthermore, a responsible citizen should learn how to incorporate biomechanics into everyday life to help society become a better positive place and to help others. In science, the field of biomechanics is where scientists use math and science to help optimize the body’s functions
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A responsible citizen possesses three main aspects: trying to make society fair, taking care of others, and to keep society on the track towards good. For a citizen to make society fair, he or she must know what that entails. The society should be a fair place for all; a place where disabled humans are no longer seen as less than normal body humans. There would be no more Paralympics and Olympics only the Olympics to show who is the best athlete on a fair playing field. In order to create a level society, the citizens should take care of one another. The rich would begin donating to the poor, or helping pay for bills, and expenses they cannot afford. Furthermore, the search to cure diseases and how to helps those who are disabled will not cease but see an increase in efforts. The previous attributes of a responsible citizen should be implemented if it will positively affect society. Nothing a responsible citizen does should be negative to …show more content…
Biomechanics is not about who is already the best becoming better it is about finding the best physical way to accomplish the task at hand. They do this by finding techniques that anyone can learn: “The Fosbury Flop has now emerged as the most successful of the techniques. The athlete arches back in this case, thus the bending lifts the belly higher than all the previous techniques” (Kanjilal, 3). Improving technique is the key to success in sports, therefore if everyone had access to the better techniques presented the sport becomes more equal. Moreover, the argument that prosthetics make an athlete better is invalid, because according to Kanjilal, runners with prosthetics must generate twice as much power from their glutes and hips to match that of a normal runner (6). Additionally, everyone possesses the abilities to use biomechanics. Biomechanics is the body and its functions being used in the most effective way to maximize the power generated from the body (1). Meaning that biomechanics is not only for athletes to get better, but for everyday people learning how to get maximum efficiency from their bodies. Biomechanics positively affect society, because now, “People who are differentially abled can now rub shoulders with the best able-bodied athletes because of the advancements and availability of a wide variety of prosthetics” (6). Biomechanics can help developed
A responsible citizen possesses three main aspects: trying to make society fair, taking care of others, and to keep society on the track towards good. For a citizen to make society fair, he or she must know what that entails. The society should be a fair place for all; a place where disabled humans are no longer seen as less than normal body humans. There would be no more Paralympics and Olympics only the Olympics to show who is the best athlete on a fair playing field. In order to create a level society, the citizens should take care of one another. The rich would begin donating to the poor, or helping pay for bills, and expenses they cannot afford. Furthermore, the search to cure diseases and how to helps those who are disabled will not cease but see an increase in efforts. The previous attributes of a responsible citizen should be implemented if it will positively affect society. Nothing a responsible citizen does should be negative to …show more content…
Biomechanics is not about who is already the best becoming better it is about finding the best physical way to accomplish the task at hand. They do this by finding techniques that anyone can learn: “The Fosbury Flop has now emerged as the most successful of the techniques. The athlete arches back in this case, thus the bending lifts the belly higher than all the previous techniques” (Kanjilal, 3). Improving technique is the key to success in sports, therefore if everyone had access to the better techniques presented the sport becomes more equal. Moreover, the argument that prosthetics make an athlete better is invalid, because according to Kanjilal, runners with prosthetics must generate twice as much power from their glutes and hips to match that of a normal runner (6). Additionally, everyone possesses the abilities to use biomechanics. Biomechanics is the body and its functions being used in the most effective way to maximize the power generated from the body (1). Meaning that biomechanics is not only for athletes to get better, but for everyday people learning how to get maximum efficiency from their bodies. Biomechanics positively affect society, because now, “People who are differentially abled can now rub shoulders with the best able-bodied athletes because of the advancements and availability of a wide variety of prosthetics” (6). Biomechanics can help developed