Your Spine is Also A Sense Organ
Did you know that there’s more sensory information that goes to your brain from the millions of nerve receptors in your spinal column than from your eyes, ears, nose, and mouth?
While this is all subconscious sensory messages that you aren’t aware of, this feedback is vital for the health of your brain, and thus your overall health. The technical term for this sensory feedback is proprioception and it’s often said to be the "forgotten sixth sense.”
This is the reason that specific chiropractic adjustments have a direct impact on the overall function and health of the brain, which has been proven. (Read more)
This is also the reason that keeping your spine in motion also has a direct impact on the overall function and health of the brain, which has also been proven. (Read more)
Maintaining this proper motion and balance keeps you better connected with your environment and life, in general. Regular chiropractic care, even after you feel better, helps to maintain this balance and allows the brain and nervous system to improve even further. Not surprisingly, this may help to prolong life and even lessen the need for pharmaceutical drugs, hospitalizations, and surgeries. (Read more)
Poor posture has been proven to affect memory, recall, and even mood. Severe and chronic subluxations affects your postural stability and keeps you from engaging properly with the world around you, as demonstrated in a recent study. When your brain and nervous system is more balanced and moving properly, you become better connected with your posture, your environment, your friends, your loved ones, and even your co-workers, so life becomes easier and more enjoyable.
by SJ NANA, DC, DrNana.co.za

References:
Proprioception: The Forgotten Sixth Sense. Evaluation of Proprioception in Neurological Diseases.
Everything You Need to Know About Proprioception, Your Body’s ‘Silent’ Sixth Sense
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