Tuesday, January 22, 2013

SITTING: Your Spine's Public Enemy #1


Dear Friend,

Recently, I got to sample a population of office-workers, scanning their spines, talking to them about Chiropractic, health, etc.

This was in public, so they weren't gowned, and I just checking their neck and shoulder muscles for signs ofDis-EASE. Almost without exception, their necks were a mess. Far worse than I thought they'd be. Nearly everyone (young and older) reported that they at some point had HEADACHES, NECK PAIN, TINGLING OR NUMBNESS IN ONE OR BOTH ARMS, WRIST PAINS ...the list goes on.

And, of course, many reported low-back pain, stiffness, sciatica, leg numbness ...too many to the point of it interfering with their sleep.

This is all the result of the #1 Stress on the human body: SITTING. You do it, I do it, we ALL do it. It's an inescapable fact of modern life. Though it may appear to be comfortable, sitting is doing some real damage, even -- according to a recent CDC study -- measurably shortening our life-spans.

The problem is that the muscles of the spine aren't built to sit peering into computer screens ...we're upright beings designed to run, jump, and chase down tasty mastodons. Well, in the past anyway. Our bodies are basically unchanged from those days, so the compression and tightness that we feel in our backs are because of this unnatural act.

I saw heads craned far too forward, with the resulting "hump" on the back. Not attractive. I saw much worse neck-muscle asymmetry than I expected ...due to having the computer screen to one side or the other. Can you imagine the muscle remodeling that occurs from sitting for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for several years in this position? That's not even counting the commute time to and from work. It's not a pretty picture.

But sitting does FAR more than just create a sore back or neck. It erodes our health because inside the bones of the spine is our Spinal Cord, that part of the Nervous System that connects our Brain to ourBody. Because it's inside our spine, it's at the mercy of the EASE or lack of it (Dis-EASE) that we have in our body.

Remember, Dis-EASE and ILLNESS are not the same thing. Whereas those in the medical world use these terms interchangeably, we here in the holistic universe hold that it is the Dis-EASE (literally "without-ease") that leads to the expression of any illness. Example: It's the low back tension that causes it to send out a pain signal so that -- hopefully -- we do something about it (like see a professional who understands such things).

CHIROPRACTIC is the art, science, and philosophy of SAFELY and GENTLY releasing this tension around the spine and the nervous system in it, allowing the body to go back into state of EASE.Only from EASE can the bodymind work to its optimum potential. And when it does, all sorts of healing miracles happen.

Studies show that those receiving regular Chiropractic Care get LESS COLDS and FLU, which means theIMMUNE SYSTEM works better. Less ACHES and PAINS, less NUMBNESS, TINGLING, and BURNING, better DIGESTION, FEELING CALMER with LESS ANXIETY or WORRY, fewer HEADACHES ...and my favorite ...BETTER SLEEPING!

And so much more, because it's all about HEALING, not just curing symptoms.

So click on the link below and set up a FREE EXAM ...for you. Or for somebody in need.


I am dedicated to helping you achieve real health, not just the absence of symptoms, but the profound experience of INCREASED VITALITY and BOUNDLESS ENERGY -- which is YOUR BIRTHRIGHT.

GET ADJUSTED, STAY STRONG

Dr Lou

Lifetime Wellness Chiropractic
333 S beverly Dr, Suite 216
Beverly hills, CA 90212
310-282-7100
drfabale@gmail.com

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Sitting= my worst enemy. Hence, why I hate road trips.