Today, I'm talking about a concept that you may have heard about called 'structure and function'.
When it comes to structure, most people don't make the connection between imbalances in their structure and drastic decreases in health.
I think we all know that our posture is important. People love to make sure that they look good.
When your grandmother or mother tell you to sit up tall, of course you automatically stand up taller and make an attempt to have better posture.
What you may not have known is that having structural imbalances can have a dramatic affect on the internal systems of the body.
There was a researcher 20 or 30 years ago named Roger Sperry; he won a Nobel Prize. He talked about the structural distortion of the body and how it affected the brain.
What he found was that the more structurally distorted the body, the more it affected our brain, the less energy we had from metabolism for thinking, and for healing.
If the spine is distorted, if the structure is imbalanced, then it puts the body in a situation where it has to work harder.
And the harder the body has to work, the less energy it has.
And the less energy the body has, the slower it will heal.
And it doesn't only slow down healing, it has an effect on every single level whether it's internal or external.
So what can you do?
You can live your Life By Design.
To start you can start to Move By Design and improve your mobility, strength, and conditioning through the Move By Design exercises.
Second, analyze what you're putting in your body every day. By Design foods such as healthy animal products, good fats, vegetables and fruits are going to drive the inflammatory process down and in the process improve healing and tissue repair, and of course, impact your structure over time.
Finally, as Life By Design chiropractors our job is to look at your structure, your spinal column, and how that structure affects the function of your nervous system. The more distorted your system is, the less energy the body is going to have available for healing, for repair, and for overall function.
How's your structure?
Not sure?