Origin of Myer’s

Mei and her roommates go to the famous Myer’s Anatomy Training Station in Hawaii. Pretty odd name for a college, right? Any clinician who works with fascia will recognize the homage immediately, though! Read on for insight into my idiotic naming methods.

Fascia

The point of the school is to train people who have at least 3 of the myofascial lines. Since I’m a physical therapist, I was already pretty familiar with the myofascial lines in the body. While I simplified them for the book down to 5 lines, I drew inspiration for some of the lines from a famous book on fascia. It’s name? Anatomy Trains.

Myer’s

Why is it called Anatomy Trains? I have no idea, honestly. It’s not like the book is laid out with references to fascia being like trains or train stations. And it’s not a training book, like a book full of exercises. I think the author just thought it would sound cool. And to be fair, it does. Oh, speaking of the author, what was his name again? Thomas Myers, that’s right!

Putting it all together…

So we’ve got Anatomy Trains by Myers. I wanted to name the school Myer’s Anatomy Training Center because it sounds legit. But unfortunately, I couldn’t stay away from the lame pun ‘train station’. I know, I know. Train station and training station are completely different. But since the name was already tongue-in-cheek, I went all the way.

College N

But wait, there’s more idiocy! Fascia is a form of connective tissue. It’s primarily made up of… collagen. I mean, how could I resist? Is this the entire reason why the story is based on Niihau, the Forbidden Isle? Yes… yes, it is.

I originally intended for the students to refer to the school as College N all the time. But when I was writing, Myer’s was just so much easier to type. Yes, I am that lazy.

That Which Binds Us

This is the first entry in the series of blog posts on That Which Binds Us. I’ll be covering all sorts of things, from Urball T to the original plot of the book to the technology used and more!