Osteopathy and nutrition: the winning duo for a healthy body
Osteopathy and nutrition: the winning duo for a healthy body
Your brain speaks to your digestive system and it responds in return. Together the dialogue of the two decides the course of your mood. If you live your best life or if on the contrary it will be a dirty quarter hour. But the balance of this system also influences many other functions of the body. It is precisely at this level that unsuspected interest in osteopathy is manifested.
An alternative soft medicine option that offers you a holistic solution to optimize well-being. Here is how osteopathy can be coupled with diet for a renewed good health.
The links between diet and body function
We are what we eat and food can even cause pain Unsuspected. The relationship between feeding and the functioning of the body goes well beyond the satisfaction of a fundamental need. Indeed, the body draws much more than just energy from food.
Foods that make up our daily diet have a direct impact on the expression of genetic potential and on the physical constitution of each person. In other words, muscle mass, bone density or fluidity of intestinal transit are all influenced by diet.
With regard to bone health, for example, it should be noted that, apart from specific congenital diseases or medical history, some people are at greater risk of fracture. And because of this, calcium is an essential component in the production of bone cells.
But this one is not made by the body in complete autonomy and must therefore be brought through an adequate diet. In addition, it is necessary to add a sufficient supply of vitamin D essential for the proper absorption of calcium in the body. This is a crucial element of difference if one takes into account that the risk of bone fracture in women over 50 years of age is one in three (1).
Synergy between Osteopathy and Food
In the face of the risks of osteoporotic fractures that grow exponentially especially in women, would it not be logical to proceed with systematic calcium supplementation? Well, the answer to that question is a little tricky.
A healthy mind in a healthy body or at least, a healthy body in good health to house a healthy mind. It is not enough to add exceptional doses of calcium-rich foods or food supplements to protect yourself from the risk of osteoporosis.
As is almost always the case with the human body, everything is about delicate balance. Indeed, if there are harmful consequences for such a deficiency, excess calcium can be just as harmful.
Moreover, all is not limited to bone density. It is the optimization of the functioning of the entire musculoskeletal system that will greatly influence the quality of life of each person and ricochet, the prevention of various risks.
Osteopathy: a natural solution to regain control of your body
In this sense, osteopathy offers a holistic approach to treating the causes of pain, not just symptoms. To this is also added the fact that the gains made in this direction are lasting.
Thanks to its operating principle, osteopathy can potentiate the effects of good nutrition. It is thus possible to target joint pain for example through an anti-inflammatory diet.
Osteopathy techniques have also demonstrated their effectiveness in treating digestive disorders such as reflux or constipation. It is also an excellent recovery tool for serious injuries or long hospitalizations.
Sources:
- 2013_BoneCarePostmenopause_ThematicReport_French