Are you Winning – The body’s fight against gravity?
The body is designed, from your toes to your nose, to constantly and consistently overcome the pull of gravity. In doing so, this keeps you perfectly upright and should be effortless, when it applies to body movement. If any of these mechanisms fail, pressure builds up in the surrounding muscles, ligaments and tendons. Eventually the joints and cartilage are affected - leading to dysfunction, injury, pain, inflammation and eventually further damage and decay. Ask yourself this simple question – can you move effortlessly, in all directions, whenever you want or need to? If your answer is “no,” then the rest of this article is for you. Even if your answer is “yes” to all of the above, perhaps keep reading, so that, over time, you can continue to do so! THE FOOT The foot has a complex system of arches that absorb a significant portion of the weight of the body. This weight, that is absorbed, is translated into kinetic energy, which allows you to run and jump and change direction.
