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. 

 

Do you have flat feet?



THE KNEE

The shin bone (tibia) twists on the thigh bone (femur) at full extension, locking them together, so that the muscle around the knee can relax when standing upright.

 

Is it difficult, taking effort, to straighten your knee?



THE PELVIC FLOOR

This is the next significant area, beautifully balancing a large part of your body weight and evenly distributing 50% to left and 50% to the right of your body. The pelvic floor should act like a parachute, reducing all internal and external pressures in the spine, as well as the internal organs. It also forms the primary respiratory mechanism. 

 

Do you have difficulties controlling your pelvic organs – controlling bladder and bowel actions, during a cough or sneeze?

 

Do you have back pain?


THE DIAPHRAGM

Similar to the pelvic floor, the diaphragm acts like a parachute. However the pumping action, of up and down, is much more profound. It contributes to delicate balancing of the upper half of the body onto the lower half of the body. This pumping action is also an important mechanism for circulation in the body. 

 

Do you feel that you have to force a breath in or out frequently during the day?


THE APEX OF THE LUNG

There are many small muscles in the neck that contribute to lifting the apex of the lung upwards, ensuring that your lungs can fully inflate, as required. Your lungs are a massive contributor to buoyancy of the body, irrespective of the medium. 

 

Do you have a forward head posture and neck pain?


THE SOFT PALATE

Many do not realize that the soft palate is so vitally important in keeping the head upright and maximizing the drainage patterns of the ears, eyes, nose and throat, as well as aiding in chewing, swallowing and speaking.

 

Do you have any issues involving these areas of the body?





THE CEREBRAL TENTORIUM 
 

You don’t need to struggle with this name! Simply stated, it is the tent-like structure that lifts the brain hemispheres upwards, taking pressure off the vital cerebellum and brainstem. This lifting mechanism assists the Cerebral Spinal Fluid (the viscous liquid substance covering the spinal cord and brain) to circulate up and down. In so doing it hydrates and ensures the charging and protection of the brain and spinal cord. The cerebral tentorium is another component of the primary respiratory mechanism. 

 

Do you suffer with headaches?




When considering all of the above – How many of them affect you?


Live without Pain



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back pain, diaphragm, lung apex, forward head posture, neck pain, soft palate, ENT, chewing, swallowing, speaking, cerebral tentorium, brain hemispheres, cerebellum, brainstem, CSF, headaches, jumping, pelvic floor, primary respiratory mechanism, bladder, bowel, cough, sneeze, walking, running, 















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