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IMPACT OF MUSCLES ON HEALTH
We can now clearly see why muscles are so important to the body. Whether conventional medical science recognises the role fully or not is a different issue, but practice and common sense shows that their role is vital to the well-being of the body. They build and store energy (in the form of glycogen complex sugar molecules), carry out locomotion (movement) and physical activities, and above all maintain the body's erect posture.
According to ancient yogic principles, the four parameters of good health are:
- good appetite
- proper elimination (of waste products)
- sound sleep
- erect posture
If the spine is straight it keeps the nerves free from compression, nerves that control movement, sense pain and also carry out involuntary functions like heartbeat, breathing, digestion etc. These autonomous (involuntary) nerve fibres also emerge from the spinal cord. Therefore, the spine contains local control centres of the body's various functions. An erect spine is not only the sign of good health but also of well-being. Tired and sick people look bent over and have a bad physical posture. The cervical spine in the neck also contains and protects the vertebral arteries that feed the subconscious brain. Neck conditions can therefore interfere with the circulation to that most vital part of the body and contribute to psychological and other often surprising problems.
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