Have you ever tried completing tasks in the dark? Or a dimly lit room? How difficult is it to know what is going on around you, let alone try and do things in that environment?
If you know it’s easier to do things when you can see and interpret everything that’s going on around you, wouldn’t you want the same working conditions for what’s going on inside your body?
Your brain is constantly receiving information about what is going on inside your body and making appropriate responses to keep you healthy and functioning. Your brain will know when you have to put food into your body and digest it, take note of damaged muscles or tissues and repair them. Your body feels its best, performs at its best and functions at its best when the brain can accurately regulate and control what is going on beneath the surface. Every process your body goes through is controlled by the brain by sending messages through the nerves telling the body what to do. This information superhighway that keeps your body thriving is housed inside your spine for protection.
Your spine has the most joints of any area in your entire body, it is designed to move. Normal motion of the spine helps the brain orientate itself and regulate the function and healing of your body. But what would happen if it stopped moving? Or moved in a less than ideal way?
Think of improper spinal function as a dimmer switch to the lights within your body. It makes it harder for information to travel between the brain and body, in turn making it harder for the brain to know what’s going on and how to appropriately respond. Your body begins working in the dark. While working in the dark your body cannot function at its best and you may experience pain, decreased energy, headaches, poor sleep, or other signs of poor body function.
Chiropractors are specifically trained to find areas of the spine that are dimming the lights. When a chiropractor adjusts your spine, this is essentially the same as turning that dimmer switch back up. Bringing light to everything that is going on in the body and allowing the brain free communication to respond to any changes or damage, meaning you can do more with your body and get more out of your life.
Turn the lights on and get your spine regularly checked and adjusted to ensure you can reach your optimal potential.