The road to natural health

By Dr Thomas Faulkner, chiropractor

You were born with an innate, unconscious ability to keep your body in its most optimum possible state. This form of stability and equilibrium is known as ‘homeostasis’ or ‘health’ – and it is, without a shadow of a doubt, your most valuable asset.

When we are in a state of homeostasis, our mind and body function effectively: we are able to feel and perceive love and gratitude, cope with challenges, and overcome and heal from trauma. We also recover and rejuvenate when we sleep, digest and turn food into nutrients efficiently and thereby enjoy consistently high energy levels and a clear mind.

If this doesn’t sound like you, then perhaps you are not in a state of homeostasis. As a society we tend to define ‘health’ as simply the absence of sickness or injury – but I believe this is a misconception that is a major contributor to the current global health crisis. And I’m not just talking about Covid.

Over the last two years, it is estimated that more than 80 million people have tragically died from noncommunicable diseases, including cardiovascular problems, cancers, respiratory diseases and obesity related conditions like diabetes.

Many of these diseases are caused by what the World Health Organization calls ‘the globalisation of unhealthy lifestyles’ – in other words, stressors such as poor diet, physical inactivity and the harmful use of alcohol.

Every stressor your body encounters – be it a toxin, an injury or postural or emotional stress – challenges your natural ability to maintain your healthy state. The road to losing your health often starts with something deceptively small. Minor stressors, if they are regularly repeated or can’t be healed by the body, can begin to build up. And while we carry on with our busy lives, our internal functioning starts to shift from ease to dis-ease and, if left untreated, on to disease.

As this happens, you start to notice unwelcome symptoms. These are feedback mechanisms, designed to let you know that change is needed to get you back to optimum health.

Before you even begin to experience any symptoms, however, indicators (of which you are probably completely unaware) may be busy signalling that all is not well. These indicators often take the form of distortions in your spinal posture, muscle tone or movement, or manifest as jaw and head tension.

At Human Health, we use our chiropractic expertise to identify early indicators of ill health and gently remove them before they have a chance to accumulate. We also help you pinpoint and avoid, or better cope with, any stressors you’re experiencing in order to restore your health, improve your quality of life and boost your longevity.

Our team is committed to enabling you and your loved ones to experience maximum vitality and health. If you would like us to give your body’s natural healing ability a helping hand, please get in touch or book an appointment online. We look forward to meeting you soon.

Let’s create change.