WHAT IF YOUR FAVORITE SWEATER WAS SHAPED LIKE PANTS INSTEAD AND YOUR FAVORITE PANTS TURNED INTO THE SHAPE OF SOCKS AND YOUR FAVORITE SOCKS TURNED INTO A SWEATER!?
WELL, I’LL TELL YOU WHAT WOULD HAPPEN… THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE YOUR FAVORITE ITEM THAT THEY WERE BEFORE BECAUSE THEY CHANGED SHAPE.
THEY CHANGED FORM, THEY CHANGED STRUCTURE. AND STRUCTURE DETERMINES FUNCTION. SO THEY’D NO LONGER FUNCTION AS YOUR FAVORITE CLOTHING ITEM BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER FIT THE PART.
What does this have to do with bodies!? Well let’s talk a little about biology.
Cells are the functional units of life. The function is based on what their structure is. Every cell has a purpose to fulfill and that purpose is determined by its structural make up. Our body parts are the same!
Your body was so perfectly engineered to serve a purpose… your knees cannot walk on their own, and your shoulders can’t pick things up right? But in the bigger picture we can see that many many very small structural intricacies come together to make your body function efficiently.
So what happens when these structures are compromised? When our shoulders become rounded forward instead of being locked in place - nice and stable and mobile? Or a current favorite example - what happens to our FEET when we lock them up into shoes (that completely alter the shape of our foot) all day long? What happens when our feet - which are meant to be strong and muscular, in contact with the ground, and should have open space between each toe - when we deprive them of their natural STRUCTURE by forcing them into shoes?
They lose their ability to FUNCTION properly.
Point being that we need to value the importance of maintaining the proper structures of our bodies if we want them to perform correctly for us. Let our feet see the light of day or live in shoes with toe space and no heel lift. Let us keep our heads on top of our bodies and not a foot in front of us staring at our phones. Let’s keep correct alignment throughout the day!
Really my job is pretty beautifully simple because I’m really putting your body back to its original shape so it can function for you and take you through life however you want it to.
Be good to your bodies, friends, and hit me up if you have any questions. I'm always here to talk!
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Your postural movement specialists