SPINAL MOVEMENT

Move as if your life depended on it!

So let us look at the 3 simple steps to better health!
a) Move Well

Quite simply we evolved from 4 legged creatures to up right bipedal humans for a reason - to allow us to move. Yet the majority of people don’t move nearly enough, they get up in the morning, sit and have breakfast, drive to work, sit all day at work, drive home and sit in front of the TV before going to bed? If they are lucky they may be on their feet for at most maybe 30 minutes in the day. As the title of this post suggests you need to move as if your life depended on it – because it does. It has been proven that physical inactivity contributes to most illnesses. Studies have shown that up to 50% of all cases of Type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease and many cancers were prevented by 30 minutes of moderate exercise each day in middle aged women.

So why is movement so important? Well
1) our bodies are filled with toxins (poisonous chemicals) from the air we breathe and the food we eat and our health depends on moving them out of our system?
2) it increases the blood supply to the brain which can make you smarter!
3) it stimulates the brain. The brain is like a muscle, and it is a case of use it or lose it! According to Roger Sperry the 1981 Nobel Peace Prize winner, 90% of the stimulation and nutrition to the brain is generated by movement of the spine. This would be analogous to a windmill generating electricity. For instance, if you put a cervical collar on someone after a car accident the parts of the brain that deals with the neck very quickly starts to shrink. This shrinkage can be clearly seen on functional mri scans.
That is why Chiropractic care is so important. It keeps your spine supple and flexible which keeps your brain more healthy! Think about it, how do you feel if you sit around all day? No doubt you would feel tired, which is somewhat of a paradox since you did not expend energy! But what happens if you move around, expending more energy, do you feel more tired? No you feel more energised. So if you energise the brain you can change its function, form and structure.
I hope you get how powerful this concept really is because it can change your life? And,

4) It improves the communication of your nervous system. Your nervous system controls every single part of you and like a mobile phone conversation if you are passing through an area of poor coverage the message can get distorted and you miss out on vital words or indeed sentences. Well the same occurs in your body, spinal misalignments where the spine twists out of position interferes with proper nerve flow and problems arise; whether that be restricted movement or pain but it can also be higher blood pressure, heart burn, colic in babies, ear infections, headaches etc etc.

So, regular exercise, along with regular chiropractic care is critical. According to PR Newswire (Wellness & Alternative Healthcare) “Chiropractic care clearly can help improve the overall wellness of the aging population…”