Self-healing, but needs help

Living organisms are self-healing and self-regulating, so why does the body need to receive care from a professional?

Yes, the brain-body works toward homeostasis. However, it uses information from the receptors of the body in order to determine best actions for physiology. If a situation occurs that limits a receptor’s ability to send complete information, decisions will be made based on this limited data-set.

For example, if a person sprains an ankle and does not fully recover the range of motion, the brain will then receive altered information about the shape, angle, and firmness of the ground. This alters the resulting movement decisions and motor patterns which are based, in large part, on the information from the ankle.

The body still heals.

The body still regulates.

The body still adapts.

The question is whether the adaptation is a compensation and acceptance of a less than what is possible normal or a maneuver of recuperation, resilience, and learning.

Sometimes, the brain-body needs a little help to receive all the information that a receptor can gather. An impulse to a joint that takes it to a range of motion that the brain otherwise would not have known existed can alter many physiological decisions.

So then, how much help does this self- healing system need?

If we eat, move, think, and recuperate in sustainable ways and only have an amount of stress to which we can adapt for growth, the body needs very little help.

If someone eats loads of sugar, drinks excessive alcohol, repeatedly sits for hours on end, thinks toxic thoughts, and worries about sleeping rather than letting themselves sleep, the body will begin to cry for help. Pain is its voice.

How loud we choose to let our body scream before we answer its call is a choice that we all make for ourselves.

And this decision will influence how much help is needed as well as how effective the help will be by the time it arrives.