Fatigue Is A Warning to You
Fatigue or Low Energy is a very common condition. It can range from you waking up in the morning with that chronic tired feeling to a severe physical and psychological depression, characterized by a total lack of pleasure or sense of fulfillment (anhedonia).
Fatigue is a warning: it’s one of the earliest signs that something in your life, physical or emotional, is not right.
Boredom – Another Warning Sign
No baby is born bored. And if anyone should be bored, it’s a baby! All it has to do is to eat, excrete and sleep. But babies are full of energy, excitement and vitality; they’re full of life.
When a child complains that he or she is tired all the time, or bored, we know something is very wrong. What about adults?
One Big Mistake
What happens to our natural curiosity, sense of wondrous adventure and boundless energy as we age?
Why have so many adults lost (or, rather, lost touch with) life’s excitement? What happened to life’s sparkle?
When adults exhibit chronic tiredness or fatigue, we don’t get nearly as concerned as when a child does – and that’s a big mistake. Life should be filled with energy, no matter what a person’s age.
The lives of many notable people teach us that well into their seventies, eighties and even nineties you can be robust and still full of lust for life.
The Causes Of Chronic Fatigue
There can be many causes of chronic fatigue. They can be organic conditions such as cancer, cardiovascular disorders and endocrine disorders; or emotional stress such as depression, anxiety or trauma.
Chronic fatigue can be due to sleep deprivation, the adverse effects of prescribed, over-the-counter or illegal drugs or an unhealthy lifestyle that doesn’t permit you to “catch up” with yourself.
Others feel that chronic fatigue may be a nutritional condition that can be corrected with improved diet.
Spinal Balance & Energy
A common cause of fatigue is an unbalanced spinal column. How?
A simple analogy: If you were carrying a bowling ball, how much more difficult would it be to carry it at a distance from your body than at your side? Your head weighs about as much as a bowling ball; if your head is off-center, ‘carrying’ it can exhaust you!
Also, your 24 movable vertebrae, sacrum, hips and pelvis also need proper alignment in order to make efficient use of your energy.
A modest imbalance (for example, a ‘short’ leg) could translate into a considerable amount of wasted energy as the hours, days, weeks and months add up.
‘Nerve Energy’
Energy flows over your brain and spinal cord through your nerves (and other tissues) and back to the brain and spinal cord.
A healthy spine and nervous system keep your flow of energy balanced, your immune system strong and your resistance to disease high.
An unhealthy, unbalanced spine can interfere with the natural flow of energy through your body, creating blockages and imbalances that may cause physical and emotional fatigue.
Surprisingly, some people who experience chronic fatigue often have enough energy but the energy is blocked, locked up, unbalanced and not flowing properly.
Chiropractic Care’s Unique Place
When chiropractors correct a mechanical distortion in your body with a chiropractic spinal adjustment, nerve system energy is normalized.
In effect, chiropractic care heals a broken bridge between your ‘physical body’ and your ‘energy body’ so that they may communicate better with one another and restore harmony to your ‘body-mind’.
Vitalism – Life Energy
Today the study of the energy quality of the body is a new frontier of healing. It’s called Energy Medicine and Robert Becker, M.D. explains it eloquently:
“Today… many physicians are reexamining and applying therapeutic techniques that were previously discarded as ‘unscientific’ by academic medicine.
The use of foods, herbs, meditation, and acupuncture [represents) only a few examples…
The chemistry of life has been revealed to be based upon the underlying forces of electrical and magnetism. our bodies and brains generate electromagnetic fields within us and around us…. Current popular healing practices use an invisible common source: the body’s innate electrical systems.”
Conclusion
All your body systems run on energy and, when properly working, give you an abundance of the energy and life which you have naturally.
There’s abundant energy within you all the time. Unfortunately, it can get blocked, unbalanced and congested. If you’re fatigued, bored, tired, depressed or lacking enthusiasm, you should investigate the natural health approach of chiropractic.
Contact us today for a consultation and get your energy back!
