Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Your Spine: The Vital Connection

Your nervous system is the center of your thoughts, memory, learning, and consciousness. Nerves control muscle tension, blood vessel openings, glandular function, spatial orientation (proprioception), pain, touch, vibration, vision, hearing, taste, temperature, and other senses. Nerves connect your inner and outer worlds!




















The nervous system is the "master system". It controls and regulates every other cell, tissue, organ, and system in the body. When the nervous system is functioning normally, it allows all other systems to also function normally.

The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord), and the peripheral nervous system (cranial nerves, spinal nerves, and peripheral nerves of the trunk and extremities). During development, the first thing to develop in the fetus is the brain. The spinal cord is an extension of the brain. Extending from the spinal cord are the spinal nerves. These nerves connect with all tissues, and organs of the body. The brain develops first because it is the source of the body's developmental innate intelligence - the inner wisdom of the body which tells all other tissues how to develop.

This brain-body communication doesn't end with embryological development. Every second of your life, cells are dying and being replaced by new cells. New blood cells, bone cells, liver cells, pancreas cells, skin cells, etc. are in a constant state of replacement.

Cells make up tissues. Tissues make up organs. And organs make up systems. Thus, the health of each system of your body can literally be measured by it's ability to replace old, dying, or dysfunctional cells with new, healthy, functional ones. In order for normal, healthy cellular replication to occur, there must be 100% communication between the source of the body's innate intelligence (the brain), and the involved tissues (in the body). Nerve interference will cause the body to lose it's ability to manage this vital cellular replication.

Nerve tissue is the softest tissue in the body - and is easily injured. The brain is the only organ in the body to be completely encased in bone (the hardest tissue in the body). It is protected by the skull precisely because it is so delicate. At maturity, the bones of the skull are fused together, and cannot move. Thus, the brain is protected at all times.

The spinal cord is also composed of nerve tissue. And like the brain, it is very delicate. The spinal cord is surrounded by 24 freely movable bones called vertebrae. Small openings between the vertebrae allow the spinal nerves to branch out to other areas of the body.

When the vertebrae of the spine are in alignment, the spinal nerves are at maximum function - thus allowing 100% brain-body communication. However, when the vertebrae get misaligned, it creates mechanical pressure on the spinal nerves. This mechanical pressure hinders nervous flow, and the result is nerve interference that leads to dis-ease. Long term nerve interference can lead to symptoms, and disease.