Life By Design Podcast

Proper and adequate blood flow is vital to your body's health and well being. Adequate blood flow is even more important to your brain since your brain is the organ which controls your entire body.   Decreased blood flow to the brain has been hypothesized to be a cause/contributing factor of many chronic and acute diseases (Alzheimer's, dementia, stroke, cancer, etc.)   The etiology of these diseases is hard to assess, making general health principles like adequate blood flow to your brain, even more important.   In a recent study, published in the journal Brain Circulation, a positive correlation was found between cervical lordosis and blood flow to your brain.   In English:   When test subjects had an orthotic device placed under their neck which changed the curve in their cervical spine, an MRI measured more blood flow to their brain.    Why you care about this:   Proper cervical curvature has alot to do with how well your neck and spine is functioning.   Most of the time a correction towards better is per