Posture: The Window to Your Health

Your posture is a window to your spine and therefore a window to your overall health picture. So, what is your posture saying about the state of your health?

Many Americans unfortunately  have poor posture due to modern day stress and the culture of the workplace. Teenagers are bent over their phones texting, students are bent over their books, and adults are bent over their computer work stations. This posture, overtime,leads to something called forward head posture (Also known as anterior head carriage and is a part of upper cross syndrome). This is created when the muscles in front such as the pecks are extremely shortened and tight, the neck is forward over the shoulder with the head looking down. This often causes the shoulders to be rolled forward as well creating a hump at the upper back.

This posture is putting tremendous stress and pressure on your spine, spinal muscles, and spinal cord. The cervical (neck) spine should be shaped like a banana but more and more we are seeing people with straight spines, and even worse, reverse curves. For every 1 inch your head is forward it adds an extra 10 pounds of pressure on your neck muscles. Imagine holding a 8-12 lbs. bowling ball out in front of you all day- your arms would get fatigued, right? Similarly the muscles of your neck get fatigued and you begin slouching more and more. This just makes the forward head posture even worse, causing extreme pressure on the neck.

Furthermore, tremendous stress is being placed on your spinal cord and the nerves that leave the spine and go out to every single cell of your body.

Through regular chiropractic care you can begin to correct your posture through Tim and repetition. It is a series of adjustments that are specific to the spine and actually re-educate the spine itself. Each joint in your body has its position memorized and each muscle has its tension memorized so now as chiropractors so we are helping to adjust the spine and re-educate the spine and nervous system. This will allow for full and optimum nerve flow to every single cell tissue, and organ of the body.

You an an innate ability to be healthy. Release and unleash your full potential with a fully functioning nervous system that is made of a solid foundation of good posture and regular chiropractic check-ups.

Give us a call today to get a posture assessment at Genuine Chiropractic! Make your appointment by visiting www.GenuineChiro.com or call 805-285-2712

We look forward to serving you.

ADIO,

Dr. Elizabeth Wisniewski

www.GenuineChiro.com

@Genuinechiro  on twitter

Gratitude, Community, Chiropractic

What are you grateful for this thanksgiving season?

As I reflect on almost 18 months in practice and as a small business owner I am most grateful for our patients followed closely by the wonderful community partner network we have helped cultivate over the months.

All of Genuine Chiropractic’s community partners are congruent with our message of healing yourself – including your mind, body, spirit, and planet.  Over the past 2 years we have met with around 150 community leaders, business owners, and health care providers and created a core group found at www.GenuineChiro.com or in the green binder in our waiting room. All of these people are truly the best, most passionate and dedicated to service in their chosen field.

As we begin to fully reflect on 2014, it has been a tremendous year of growth, inspiration, hard work, and dedication of service. From moving our little practice into this beautiful space in downtown, historic Santa Barbara to all of the new partnership we have formed it has been a magical experience.

Look for our new community partners to be featured on this blog in the near future. We are also planning and open house/ grand opening for January and the third edition of Women Cultivating Vitalism late February (the theme will be pregnancy)

Make it wonderful week and remember to get your spine & nervous system checked regularly by a chiropractor.

ADIO,

Dr. Elizabeth Wisniewski

www.GenuineChiro.com

805-285-2712

DrElizabeth@GenuineChiro.com

  

Setting Intention After the Pain is Gone

Health is a process… not an event. As a practice, Genuine Chiropractic can certainly help you get out of pain. We have lots of experience with common conditions like neck and low back pain. But what really excites us is what you do after you are out of pain. When you can return to things you love like rock climbing, practicing yoga, or running. When you are able to do your daily activities with ease, such as turn your head when you are parallel parking your car or squatting down properly to pick up a heavy item. These are the things we expect with regular chiropractic care and love hearing about from our patients!

Simply measuring your health, disease, or progress based on pain is honestly a terrible thing! Pain is often the last thing to show-up and the first thing to go away. This is why so many people re-injure themselves soon after they are out of pain. While the pain is gone, there is still instability in their spine leading to subluxations. These subluxations are putting pressure or stress other nervous system and the nerves control all 70 trillion cells of the human body. So I will ask you this… what would you be doing if you did not have any pain? If you were perfectly healthy, free from limitations, how would your life be different? Take some time to meditate on this important question. Once you have it in mind we will have you focus on that goal as you get adjusted so that intention is flowing to every single cell, tissue organ in your body. Mindfulness and meditation are powerful tools and when used with a specific chiropractic adjustment they are incredible! Never underestimate the power of your body to health from above, down, inside-out. You can live the life you have imagined and together we can cultivate Vitalism in our community.

In love & light,

Dr. Elizabeth Wisniewski

www.GenuineChiro.com

805-285-2712