Spinal Flow- How and why it works

Human touch has been a cornerstone of healing traditions across cultures for millennia.

The human spine along with the scull is the protector of the brain body connection. Housed inside the scull and spine is the Central Nervous System. Which consists of brain and the spinal cord. One could say that the brain is the control center of the body.

The Three Parts of the Brain and the 33 vertebrae of the spine

1) The cerebrum: which handles conscious thought, memory, language, voluntary movement, and sensory processing

2) The cerebellum: Which coordinates voluntary movements and maintains balance and precise actions

3) The brainstem connects the cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal cord. The brainstem relays signals and regulates involuntary function like breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, and digestion.

The spine consists of 33 vertebrae

1) 7 cervical vertebrae

2) 12 thoracic vertebrae

3) 5 lumbar vertebrae

4) 4 sacral vertebrae (which fuse to form one large sacrum).

The spinal cord transmits motor commands from the brain to muscles and glands, also relaying sensory information back to the brain. The spinal cord mediates rapid, involuntary reflexes, such as withdrawing your hand from a hot surface, without direct brain input.

All of the nerves in the body connect through meridians back to the spinal cord. I think of the CNS as the information highway within your own body. If there is a blockage in your spine, well that could mean that the communication highway has a roadblock, so to speak.

As you can see from the diagram above. Every major organ has a direct communication line to the brain. If the nerve pathways are restricted or disturbed by spinal misalignment, then it makes sense that communication between the brain and the body is affected.

Spinal Flow uses 33 access points to help facilitate the brain body connection through the increase of Cerebral Spinal Fluid Flow. The CSF is the main cleansing, nourishing, and regenerative fluid for the Central Nervous System. By soft contact with the dura mater, which is the outer most layer of the meninges.

When the body is stuck in, "Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Fawn," the body's ability to heal is slowed to a halt. Chronic Stress, hectic lifestyles, occupational and relational stress, anxiety, depression, reoccurring sleep disturbances, toxins, can keep the body in a state of unease. The body heals efficiently in a nervous system that is relaxed and is in a state of, "Rest and Digest".

More to come....

Have a Blessed Day,

-Christine Nesselroad