Archive for the nervous system Category

Getting Good at Posture

How many times have we all heard about maintaining good posture? First from our parents, then from our teachers, and now from our ergonomic consultants. Indeed, a whole industry has developed around how to position our desks, chairs, and computer monitors to keep our bodies in as […]

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The Incredible Gift of One Woman’s Stroke

This 18-minute presentation has made its rounds on the email forwarding circuit, and it is my pleasure to share it with you! Jill Bolte-Taylor: My Stroke of Insight http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229 Not only do I thoroughly enjoy the telling of this woman’s story of stroke, this neuroanatomist’s witnessing of […]

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When is Pain Good, and When is it a Pain? (Part 1 of 2)

Pain is designed to be compelling. A nerve ending that is dying will send pain signals in a final effort to keep itself alive. Pain stops you in your tracks and captures your attention like nothing else. It warns you that something is wrong, and we quickly […]

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Neuroplasticity and You

We’re born with the major interstates and highways in place. That is, at birth, our nervous system has developed its primary trunks–the ones for breathing and simple digestion, basic reflexes and survival instincts. During the first one to two years, our nervous system continues to GROW AND […]

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