Healthy TV | Episode 020

• The staggering stats around headaches in Canada.
• How your posture affects your brain.
• 3 ways to use a lacrosse ball that can help with headaches (4 ways, if you count juggling… 🙂
• One of the most common causes of headaches that no one else is talking about.

By now we’ve all heard at some point that good spinal posture is important – from our parents, teachers, and coaches, there seems to be a general consensus that having ‘proper’ posture is good for us.

What you may not have heard before is WHY having a slumped over posture is a serious health problem.

At the core of our bodies is a forgotten organ called the spine. Made up of 24 moveable bones and 23 spongy discs, it is held together by over 220 specialized ligaments, made moveable by 120 muscles and, most importantly, it protects the most vital system in the human body – your Nervous System.