How Does Poor Posture Effect Your Health?

The body is designed in such a way so that it works most efficiently when we are stood up straight and also sat up straight when we are seated. It is all centred around the nervous system and the scientific fact that your nerves control every aspect of your body. These nerve messages start off in your brain and run down the spinal cord to every organ and tissue via the spinal nerves. Any misalignments in the spinal bones causes nerve interference leading to ill health.

We have curves in our spine (in the neck, thoracic spine and lumbar spine) that need to be maintained in order for the vital messages to get from our brain to our bodies effectively. Poor posture is detrimental to your health because it causes misalignments of spinal bones (vertebrae) which cause nerve interference. This nerve pressure often manifests itself in the form of pain, numbness, weakness, inability to cope with stress and malfunctioning organs to name but a few.

Unfortunately stress is a problem we all have to deal with in modern life, although some of us handle it much better than others. There are 3 main types of stress: physical stress, chemical stress and emotional stress. Poor posture is definitely a physical stress along with things like previous car accidents, sports injuries and falls. Chemical stressors include poor nutrition, prescription drugs, alcohol, tobacco and pollution. Emotional stress could be stress at work or home which could manifest itself as fear, grief, anger or depression. We are better able to handle these stresses in life when the nerve interference is reduced which improves our posture and general well being.

Who should have a Spinal Health Check and when? Well, anyone who wants to improve nerve communication between the brain and the body. The earlier in life you have your spine checked, the more likely you are to avoid health problems in the future http://www.icpa4kids.org. We believe prevention is better than cure. Do you? Remember that nobody is too old and nobody is too young to benefit from having a nervous system that functions at its best.