The month of March, for many people, means
the beginning of Spring!!! It is also, undoubtedly,
the best month for basketball!! However, more
than anything, the month of March is known for
St. Patrick’s Day, that time of year when
everything is green and you don’t have to be
Irish to enjoy a bit of luck. But you and your
AMAZING body don’t have to wait until St.
Patty’s Day, because you’re lucky all day, EVERY
day!!
How lucky are you? Well think about it, most of
us can see in a magnificent array of colors, in
fact, every color in the rainbow and every
variation of every color. It is estimated that the
human eye can distinguish between about a
million different colors!! That’s not just lucky,
that’s AMAZING!!
Most of us can hear a wide range of sounds at
various volumes and pitches that allows us to
enjoy whatever music we like, the sounds of
birds tweeting, and the voices of our loved ones.
It is estimated that the human ear can
distinguish between hundreds of thousands of
different sounds!! That’s not just lucky either,
that’s AMAZING!!
We can smell so many lovely things from
flowers, to our favorite foods, to the smell of the
ocean. It is estimated that the human nose can
detect about one trillion different scents!! You
got it, that’s AMAZING!! We can also taste loads
of delicious foods even if all you like is chicken
nuggets and chocolate milk right now. Lastly,
when we touch something, the signal travels
through our nerves to our brain at the speed of
124 mph!!! Lucky maybe, but AMAZING either
way!!
You may have already known how lucky you
were to have those five senses: sight, hearing,
smell, taste, and touch. But did you also know
that you have other senses?? One of those is
called proprioception, that is your sense of
space. You can test your proprioception by doing
the following: hold your arms out to the side
like you are making a letter ‘T’ with your body.
Then close your eyes. Now try to touch your
nose with your index finger. Your ability to do
this shows that you are aware of where your
body is in space without being able to see it.
That is proprioception and you are lucky to have
it. It keeps you from bumping into lots of things.
That’s not just lucky, that’s AMAZING!!!
Proprioception, like almost everything in the
body, is controlled by the nerve system. The
better your nerve system is working, the better
your body will work. And that’s not up to luck
either. Your family chiropractor will check your
spine to make sure that misalignments, called
vertebral subluxations, are not disrupting your
nerve system, keeping it from functioning at its
best. Vertebral subluxations can be caused by
many of simple things we do every day. See your
chiropractor regularly to keep your nerve system
working at its best and that will increase your luck
and good fortune immensely.
—By Judy Nutz Campanale, DC, ACP
