Remember sitting for prolonged periods of time has a huge impact on your spine. Even if you sit correctly you still put more pressure on your spine than standing. Not only that but sitting decreases the normal flow of cerebrospinal fluid around your spinal cord and brain. 

This is why we recommend:
1) changing between sitting and standing work station
2) building to spinal stability strength
3) hydrating your spine through pelvic tilts and spinal rolls

Good evening everyone; thank you for your responses to the above question conundrum. 

I will be interviewed on a podcast tomorrow evening 8pm SA time. Please let me know if you want the log in details. 

Otherwise be aware of one ritual and routine that will help you to be healthier!

everyday in practice we see patients with imbalances between left and right side of their body. 
In some cases this is due to a specific injury however in most cases it is related to regular daily postures.

Take note of the following:
1) do you favour crossing your legs one side? 
2) when you stand in a queue do you rest your body weight more on one leg?
3) when you driving your car or sitting down, do you lean towards one side?
4) do you keep your wallet in your back pocket? 
5) do you favour one side carrying your handbag?
6) do you favour one side when you sleeping?
7) do you slouch on the couch only on one side? 
8) have you ever played sports requiring one hand or arm? 
9) are you one arm dominate especially when picking or carrying items? 
10) think of all the small things you do with one hand - brushing teeth and hair; putting makeup on etc.

In any of these case ensure you work the other side to help correct the imbalances. 
Remember imbalances lead early signs of decay and degeneration!

A simple question with a lot of background conversation; please send me your answer and your reason why. 

Is a fever a good or bad event in the body?

At this point in the world's grand transitions and everything is different to what you knew before...We recommend time to take stock! Review each aspect of your life and write down where you are compared to where you would love to be?

As lockdown breaks and some semblance of reality returns:
1) what did you achieve with your lockdown?
2) what will you do different in your life as a result of lockdown?

Let me know your thoughts

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Emotions must be experienced and released. Emotions that are kept in or get stuck affect the neurochemistry of the body. 

Be true to yourself; really feel and exhibit the spectrum of emotions for the moment that it is. I suggest singing, dancing, speaking, writing...whatever way suits you to bring it out!

However once that moment has past then find the emotion for the next moment!

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It is such a common comment that we hear from patients - "I have just got used to having that Pain!"

There is nothing normal about chronic pain. The body is self healing and self regulating...so if we find the interference and clear it out then you do not need to get used to any sort of pain. 

Hope in the restoration of the quality of life you desire!

As we move into winter in South Africa; taking care of the immune system is very important. 

What I have noticed in practice is people who have "immune challenges" fall into one of a few issues: 

1) their crisis immune response is dysfunctional - that means they spike a fever and get "strongly" symptomatic too easily and too frequency...

2) they struggle to engage a crisis immune response - they do not ever get to spike a fever and clear out the infection but rather spend long periods of time with runny nose, chesty cough, fatigue, malaise etc. 

3) they have lymphatic congestion and therefore every 2 to 4 weeks they getting a "rebound infection" and another round of antibiotics. 

4) the elimination is sluggish and everytime they get sick they have other issues (digestive, skin, respiratory) occuring quickly and drastically. 

There are specific approaches to take for each - let us know what is your challenge?

the human body has a dynamic centre of gravity. 

Centre of gravity is the point from which your body will move from. 

Dynamic because it depends and shifts strongly based on the posture you in when you moving. 

If you get that correct you have minimal or no strain on the body. If you get that wrong you will put strain repetitively on certain parts of the body. 

So where ever you are now - is your weight towards the front of the body or the back of the body? 
Is your weight to the left or the right of the body? 

If you change positions do you favour one side?

Everyday events set into action either a positive or negative neurochemistry response. Positive neurochemistry has a beneficial effect on your body; negative obviously a detrimental effect. 

Positive chemistry is reward based while negative chemistry is fear based. 

A huge influencer is your mental state when you interact with the event or situation. Which through mental training can be consciously set. 

At the end of the day you will have either been flooded with negative or positive chemistry and this is your daily tally. 

Sleep should restore you but for some you wake up already in debt! 

What is your regular state?

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This is such a great concept that explains what Chiropractic works on... at your next conversation throw it out there and see the response you get:
"My Chiropractor says I have dysponesis!"

Let me simplify - 
- it can be corrected
- it occurs silently without you knowing about it
- it is an abnormal response from your body to your environment
- it has effects throughout the whole body
- the biggest effect is how hard your body has to work and how ineffective you become (happens slowly)
- it is an issue with how your brain controls your body. 
- for most that go to a chiropractor it ends in pain but so much has occured before that point.

Chiropractic is therefore not just about making you feel better but rather making you poetic. But that is a story for another day!

Dysponesis ...

Let's test your breathing: 
Test 1 - how long can you breathe in for? 
Test 2 - how long can you hold your breath in for?
Test 3 - how long can you breathe out for? 
Test 4 - how long can you hold your breath out for? 

If you put it together - breathe in, hold; breathe out, hold; it is called box breathing. 
The ratio should be 1:1:2:1
And you should be able to go from one breath cycle to the next without needing a recovery breath! 

How well did you do?

It is amazing - I normally get adjusted every week which keeps me in check and I hardly feel out of sorts...but being stuck in a foreign country has made it difficult to get an adjustment.

But today I made arrangements. Wow! Felt great but...
Nearly tripped leaving the practice because my leg length was corrected but my brain had not regulated completely to it. 

The nervous system is designed to be in balance and harmony with your body through your spine. However when this is not so you actually get used to being like that. 

When you get adjusted your brain and body are back in alignment however initially one or both do not recognise that. Takes some time for your reset to be permanent...

This is how habits are formed and broken. Chiropractic rocks!