Be Aligned Health

Are you overstimulated?
Always tired?
Having food cravings?
Ruminating over the past?
Feeling tense?
Have you considered you may be stuck in fight or flight mode?
Although most of us aren't going to be in or follow through with an actual physical fight the feeling of daily stressors can make us feel like we are in the middle of one. Stress doesn't just effect us in the moment.
The effect it has on our nervous system can last hours after a stressful event.
This week Dr. Thomas walks us through how it can effect you and a few easy tips on how to calm your nervous system down quickly.

Our body is designed to handle stress. The question is are you helping it calm down after stress or are you allowing your body to stay in that stressed out state?

Let us know in the comments what your favorite technique is to calm down after a stressful moment.

How much weighted pressure does your head put on your neck?

Well that depends on the position. For every inch your head moves forward from neutral, the pressure on your neck increases by roughly 10 pounds. Even a 15 degree tilt can cause 27 pounds of weight your neck has to try to support. So when you assume the text neck slumped doom scroll position your neck has to support about 60 pounds of pressure. To put this into perspective that's roughly the weight of an 8 year old child. That's a lot of weight for 2 arms to carry not alone your neck.

So while looking down at your phone may seem harmless this added pressure can contribute to muscle strain, neck and nerve pain, headaches, degeneration of the dics, and even long term postural issues that effect other systems in your body.

Fortunately, a simple solution to a daily habit like bringing your devices up to eye level instead of tilting your head down can make a huge difference to how your body functions and feels. That small adjustement can can protect your spine and reduce the risk of chronic discomfort.

Stay tuned for more tips on how to make easy ergonomic changes to your work space to cultivte a heathier environment for then alignment of your spine.

You don’t need a perfect plan when something hurts.

You just need a better first response.

Most people go straight to:
– stretching it
– pushing through it
– or ignoring it

But your body is usually asking for something simpler first.

Slow down
Change your state
Support your system

Then decide what to do next.

That’s how you stop small things from becoming bigger problems.

If you are in a pain loop watch this!