Four easy things you can do to change your LIFE, in 30 days.
Get adjusted. Your nervous system is in charge of everything you do. Getting adjusted directly impacts your nervous system. Your spine is your body’s circuit breaker box, if a breaker is thrown, power to an area is compromised. The journal article Neurophysiological effects of spinal manipulation, by Pickar, JG in the Sep-Oct 2002 journal Spine shows this to be true. “One mechanism underlying the effects of spinal manipulation may, therefore, be the manipulation's ability to alter central sensory processing by removing subthreshold mechanical or chemical stimuli from paraspinal tissues. Spinal manipulation is also thought to affect reflex neural outputs to both muscle and visceral organs. Substantial evidence demonstrates that spinal manipulation evokes paraspinal muscle reflexes and alters motoneuron excitability.”
Eat real food. Eat items with minimal ingredients. For example an apple is an apple - blueberries, beef, chicken, fish, rice, sweet potato, beet root, cheese, yogurt, honey, etc. Eliminate seed oils, processed foods, food dyes, additives, colorings, corn syrup, and any food you think you may be sensitive to. Ask yourself, do I have to run to the bathroom soon after I eat? Do I have brain fog after I eat? Click here for my “How to determine your food sensitivity at home.”
Sleep. Set a consistent sleep time and wake up time. Get 8 hours per night. Sleep is recovery. Think you need less, baloney! Check out Matthew Walker PhD’s book, Why We Sleep: unlocking the power of sleep and dreams. For those of you that know me, most days I go to bed at 8:30 pm and wake up between 4:30 and 5:30.
Move. Move it or lose it. Exercise, especially strength training, improves hormone production, lowers blood pressure, improves cardiovascular health, slows neurological degeneration (think dementia, Parkinson’s), improves strength, reduces ones risk of injury from a fall, and is a great way to spend time with friends.
Stop thinking of health as something you do for others. Think of it as payment to yourself.
“I owe it to myself to get adjusted.”
“I owe it to myself to eat only real food.”
“I owe it to myself to get 8 hours of sleep.”
“I owe it to myself to go for a walk.”
Turn off the television, get off social media, and you will find more than enough time to to put these into practice. I know, because I have done it.
Love,
Dr. John
Chiropractor. Owner of Harding Holistics. Neuro-muscluoskeletal specialist.
