Good news, great news in fact.
As I've said before, the most important thing to do to get your brain really working for you is to have a goal, a purpose, a sense of direction. Having a sense of direction is Dr Maxwell Maltz’s fist part of the Success Mechanism, in his book Psycho-Cybernetics (links at bottom of page for various links to the book).
Now this is just a guess, but metaphorically speaking the way we all want to go in life is up. It also turns out this is literally what we should all be doing in order to gain maximum health – stand up strait, in other words adopt great posture.
According to the work of Nobel Prize winner Roger Sperry, 90% of the brain’s energy and activity is given over too trying to keep us upright versus gravity.
That is a truly staggering amount and only leaves 10% to deal with other bodily processes, thinking and healing. If your posture is poor, either through habit or because a joint in your spine is stiff, then your brain has to put even more energy into coping with gravity. Bad posture is now being linked not just with back pain, neck pain, headaches and breathing difficulties, but also hormonal disruption, blood pressure, immune function and mood.
Sperry’s work also concluded that if your brain did not receive signals from the rest of your body it would tend to slip into a coma. The largest input is from movement, 90% of which comes from the spine.
As you can see, Sperry’s work is of the utmost importance for understanding just how important chiropractic is, not just for getting out of pain, but for promoting and maintaining general good health, as not only does it heal posture, it keeps your brain awake.
This is why I check posture every time I see a patient, and always encourage corrective exercises and habits.
Almost forgot the links to Psycho-Cybernetics
Free version- http://tinyurl.com/yan95e8
Paperback version – http://tinyurl.com/ydvc4jq
Audio version/workbook – http://tinyurl.com/y92d3vb
Best of Health
Dr Chris
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
Stay Motivated
3 topics today, first ‘get your mind working for you’, second – a bit of fun/business I did before Christmas, third – how to get your chiropractic emergency pain relief care for free.
Yes, the New Year is well and truly settling in and Resolutions are probably already forgotten because they haven’t been properly planned.
Today, I shall bring you the first gem from the PsychoCybenetics (PC) course by Dr Maxwell Maltz, for those of you not already reading the book, here are some links:
Paperback version – paperback Psycho Cybernetics
Audio version/workbook – audio Psycho Cybernetics
The basic, underlying principle of PC, is that your brain works like a guided missile – if you are off course it tries to correct you. You may zig and zag, but overall you will keep on track. This guidance system can either be used for failure, or success, depending on how we aim it. This brings up the important point that in order for a missile to hit its target…it must have one, and the same is true of the brain. If you have no goals or aspirations to target than your brain will either not function for your benefit, or worse – head off in the wrong direction. So first – pick a goal, then figure out which direction you need to go – i.e. do a bit of planning. Say for instance you made a resolution to “be healthier this year”, ask yourself how are you going to achieve this; will you eat more vegetables, eat less sugar, exercise more, enlist the help of a professional to keep you on track etc.
It’s simple really, and like so many parts of the ‘success mechanism’ as Dr Maltz called it, its so simple most people don’t do it!
I’ll bring you more form Dr M soon.
Now here’s a bit of fun. Being self employed means things like snow effect my income (though it did also mean I had 2 great days of sledging with my sons). One way I increase my business is through networking (word of mouth) at groups such as the BNI. Anyway, in December BNI launched a competition to do a video and put it on YouTube. If you want to see the results, and try and guess which one I am (you’ll understand if you watch it) then have a laugh on me –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5zn20cq1Hk&feature=response_watch
Give yourself a goal, keep on track and,
Best of Health for 2010
Dr Chris
Yes, the New Year is well and truly settling in and Resolutions are probably already forgotten because they haven’t been properly planned.
Today, I shall bring you the first gem from the PsychoCybenetics (PC) course by Dr Maxwell Maltz, for those of you not already reading the book, here are some links:
Paperback version – paperback Psycho Cybernetics
Audio version/workbook – audio Psycho Cybernetics
The basic, underlying principle of PC, is that your brain works like a guided missile – if you are off course it tries to correct you. You may zig and zag, but overall you will keep on track. This guidance system can either be used for failure, or success, depending on how we aim it. This brings up the important point that in order for a missile to hit its target…it must have one, and the same is true of the brain. If you have no goals or aspirations to target than your brain will either not function for your benefit, or worse – head off in the wrong direction. So first – pick a goal, then figure out which direction you need to go – i.e. do a bit of planning. Say for instance you made a resolution to “be healthier this year”, ask yourself how are you going to achieve this; will you eat more vegetables, eat less sugar, exercise more, enlist the help of a professional to keep you on track etc.
It’s simple really, and like so many parts of the ‘success mechanism’ as Dr Maltz called it, its so simple most people don’t do it!
I’ll bring you more form Dr M soon.
Now here’s a bit of fun. Being self employed means things like snow effect my income (though it did also mean I had 2 great days of sledging with my sons). One way I increase my business is through networking (word of mouth) at groups such as the BNI. Anyway, in December BNI launched a competition to do a video and put it on YouTube. If you want to see the results, and try and guess which one I am (you’ll understand if you watch it) then have a laugh on me –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5zn20cq1Hk&feature=response_watch
Give yourself a goal, keep on track and,
Best of Health for 2010
Dr Chris
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