![]() ![]() While it’s often perceived that the chiropractor is solely here to treat back and neck pain, this is simply a small piece of what the profession really is capable of handling. While supplementation and nutrition are almost always a part of the bigger picture, drugs and prescriptions can be viewed as band-aids to treat symptoms rather than going to the source and treating the real problem. In the chiropractic world, drugs and medicine are not utilized as a form of treating a patient. When this system is not functioning at its peak, the overall performance of the human body is lacking. The body is in essence completely controlled by the brain through its connection via the spinal cord and the vast networks of nerves that make up the body. It’s based on the idea that the body is self-sustaining and self-healing. We can all learn a great deal from their approach to health and fitness.Chiropractic is an overall way of looking at the human body. Deep in their muscles, deep in their bones. Our level of commitment is what keeps us going. That's part of what it means to be human. Of course, there will be days when we don't completely get our act together. What we can learn from dance and dancers is the value of bringing a total-commitment mind-set to all our fitness activities. All our core exercise classes, spin classes, and yoga classes can be just like this, too. It is supremely exciting and life-affirming to be part of such demanding activity. More importantly, neither you, nor your body, nor your brain will grow.ĭancers learn these lessons in their very first class. Otherwise, what's the point? If the work of the moment isn't the very best you can do, you'll learn nothing, gain nothing, and your time and effort are wasted. Whatever a dancer is doing in the moment has to be the best that dancer can do. The work of dance is the work of right-now. ![]() Looked at from this perspective, being a dancer is a Zen process. A dancer's mind-set is all about the moment, it's all about the work-at-hand. To being willing to take small steps, just as dancers literally do, day after day.ģ. The real power comes from a long-term commitment to being fit, healthy, and well. But the real power comes from embracing the process and practice of fitness. Sure, you can make good fitness gains, getting slimmer and stronger, having more endurance. Fitness doesn't happen in a month or even three months. It's a goal that takes years to accomplish and it's a goal that has no end-point.Īdults who want to get fit, be fit, and stay fit need to remember this long timeline. They're committed to the process of becoming a dancer and to the practice required to get where they want to go. Dancers know they're in it for the long haul. If we want comparable magnificent results, we must put in the time. ![]() But there's a lot of personal discipline and effort involved. Dance training provides everything an athlete needs. 1,2,3 Here are three key fitness tips from the dance world:ġ. As a result, the dancer's experience provides lifelong guidance for the rest of us as we pursue our own fitness-and-exercise quest. Dance training provides flexibility, strength, speed, and agility - qualities of which we'd all like to have more. These elite athletes are arguably among the fittest people in the world. Professional dancers are a pretty select group. ![]()
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