There has been an explosion of recent research telling us that our bodies are being broken down rapidly by forces of gravity when doing simple activities such as walking and standing...... In fact, you will probably be aware that the majority of back injuries occur when doing seemingly innocuous activites.
Our body is held together by a very complex array of muscles, but these are controlled by an extraordinarily well designed nervous system. At any given moment, there are millions of sensory receptors sending information from your body and up nerves to the brain to tell it where you stand and what is happening in the environment around you. This is called proprioception. The brain then fires messages to your muscles to tell them how to contract or relax in order to fight gravity, avoid injury and achieve your goal (eg moving to another place in the room). The brain is like a conductor of a massive orchestra, with an enormous amount of information coming in and going out just to keep you upright. Most of the time, you are not aware of any of this going on - you don’t have to think about a single thing!
This system is responsible for protecting your joints from excessive movement. New research shows us that if this system deteriorates a little bit, damage will occur on a daily level and the natural protective mechanisms will be for less effective. It is when this proprioceptive system dysfunctions that simple tasks such as walking, standing or even reaching for a glass of water become dangerous and start causing injuries.
We now know that it is possible to cause “blind spots” in your bodies proprioceptive system by having an injury. We also know that by sitting for prolonged periods, having poor postures and failing to exercise, this extremely important system rapidly deteriorates. Therefore, walking is not really a dangerous activity, it is actually one of the most important things we can do for our body. The human body craves movement! However, when our body stops functioning as a perfect unit, almost everything becomes damagin, EVEN walking.
Using the most current knowledge available, our chiropractors are experienced at detecting breakdown in this system and, using highly leveraged stimulation of the proprioceptive system, treat and rehabilitate these problems.
If you are interested in meeting one of our chiropractors, please call 5580 5655 now and ask for chiropractic assessment.
Our body is held together by a very complex array of muscles, but these are controlled by an extraordinarily well designed nervous system. At any given moment, there are millions of sensory receptors sending information from your body and up nerves to the brain to tell it where you stand and what is happening in the environment around you. This is called proprioception. The brain then fires messages to your muscles to tell them how to contract or relax in order to fight gravity, avoid injury and achieve your goal (eg moving to another place in the room). The brain is like a conductor of a massive orchestra, with an enormous amount of information coming in and going out just to keep you upright. Most of the time, you are not aware of any of this going on - you don’t have to think about a single thing!
This system is responsible for protecting your joints from excessive movement. New research shows us that if this system deteriorates a little bit, damage will occur on a daily level and the natural protective mechanisms will be for less effective. It is when this proprioceptive system dysfunctions that simple tasks such as walking, standing or even reaching for a glass of water become dangerous and start causing injuries.
We now know that it is possible to cause “blind spots” in your bodies proprioceptive system by having an injury. We also know that by sitting for prolonged periods, having poor postures and failing to exercise, this extremely important system rapidly deteriorates. Therefore, walking is not really a dangerous activity, it is actually one of the most important things we can do for our body. The human body craves movement! However, when our body stops functioning as a perfect unit, almost everything becomes damagin, EVEN walking.
Using the most current knowledge available, our chiropractors are experienced at detecting breakdown in this system and, using highly leveraged stimulation of the proprioceptive system, treat and rehabilitate these problems.
If you are interested in meeting one of our chiropractors, please call 5580 5655 now and ask for chiropractic assessment.
References:
1. O’Sullivan PB, Burnett A, Floyd AN, Gadsdon K, Logiudice J, Miller D, Quirke H. Lumbar repositioning deficit in a specific low back pain population. SPINE 2003; 28 (1): 1074-1079
2. Tsao H, Galea MP, Hodges PW. Reorganization of the motor cortex is associated with postural control deficits in recurrent low back pain. Brain 2008; 131: 2161-2171
