fighting gravity, part 1

When your doctor says you have compression in the spine, she/he is telling you you are human. We ALL have compression in the spine eventually, because gravity is constantly pulling us downward, crushing the bones over time. Fortunately, we also have muscles, and a brain. If you want to live without chronic skeletal pain, you have to resist gravity with your brain and your muscles.

Step 1: understand what’s really going on when you just hang out in your body all day. Your spine ends up carrying all your upper body weight on it, speeding up the crushing process. But your spine is not a lamp pole, and your ribcage is not a lampshade. It’s a chandelier. You must activate the muscles of the upper body so they are holding their own weight. You can’t do it 24/7, but every minute you do it is a relief for your spine. Watch this short video, and practice holding your ribcage with your mind and your muscles today.
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