Health is not always a clear and easily understood subject. Often, when people judge their own well-being, they evaluate whether they’re currently sick. If they feel a little run down or worse than they did ten years earlier, they assume this is a normal part of the aging process and ignore it without further investigation. But even if you don’t feel sick, that doesn’t mean your health is as great as it could be.
How Your Lifestyle Can Affect Overall Wellness
Why is it that people so often feel more run down over time? It isn’t only aging, it is also the activities and strains the body endures over time. The human body performs tasks all day long. People reach for objects with repetitive motions, lift heavy weights, carry groceries inside, and sit at desks all day long.
All of these activities are an important part of life that puts strain on the body. Even our emotional reactions to things in our lives have an impact as our muscles tense and strain, often without us even noticing.
Our spinal column is where the problem starts for many people. The spinal column is where many of the nerves that send messages to the rest of the body are bundled. When the vertebrae protecting the spinal cord fall out of proper alignment, a lot of different kinds of problems can occur. Sometimes, the misaligned vertebrae will irritate nerves and cause pain to shoot throughout the body. Other times, a person may feel overly tired or run down. There is a long list of other possible issues that can easily occur when a spinal column is misaligned. This misalignment can occur from many normal activities or even emotional stress.
With muscles tensing, poor posture, or repetitive motions causing stress, it’s natural for the vertebrae to come out of alignment and the body to then suffer ongoing issues. In many cases, these issues start small. When they go ignored, it’s easy to assume the ongoing problems are part of aging. When a person feels suddenly, acutely ill, or in pain, they are more likely to seek out help than if it builds slowly and becomes a normal part of their lives. Unfortunately, this situation is all too common and means the person doesn’t have the level of health they could with an evaluation and treatment plan.
