Water & Your Spinal Health

Water: Is it that important to spinal correction and health ???

21 Reasons Why it is…

1) More than 70% of the body is composed of water

2) The nervous system is 90% water

3) Water is involved and REQUIRED for every bodily process ex: breathing, food assimilation, utilization, elimination and removal of toxins and waste

4) Essential for tissue repair, growth, and function such as muscle and especially tissues with no blood supply like ligaments, cartilage, and spinal discs.

5) Water pH should be slightly higher (approximately 7.5) than blood pH (7.3)

6) Water pH of 6 is 10 times more acidic than water with a pH of7

7) Water pH below 5.8, the body cannot absorb vitamins A, B, E, K

8) Water pH below 5.8, the body cannot absorb minerals sulfur, potassium, calcium, iron, chromium, vanadium

9) Acidic water can cause muscle joint pain, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, shut down nerves and neurotransmitters that create thirst for water causing further dehydration and health problems

10) Most health conditions begin in acidic environment

11) Essential for all 9 bodily processes to function properly Skeletal, Muscular, Circulatory, Digestive, Excretory, Respiratory, Nervous, Reproductive Integumentary, lymphatic, endocrine.

12) Musculoskeletal system structures (ex: muscles, discs, ligaments, cartilage) are rationed or eliminated from hydration first when the body is not supplied with enough water so more vital life systems such the nervous system and digestion can function.

13) Insufficient hydration can cause digestive problems

14) You should drink half your body weight in ounces of water per day and double your intake if you drink coffee, tea, alcohol, or soda

15) A Spinal Disc is 88% water, standing decreases disc water by 3% due to gravity resulting in ½ to ¾ in physical height decrease. More than 3% decrease in disc water content causes the disc to become brittle and fracture because of the lost ability to form the gel component of the disc (aka mixing of the proteoglycan and water)

16) Spinal disc loses 10% of its water content in the lumbar disc which normal support 75% of a person’s weight, transferring the weight to the posterior (back) portions of the joints causing joint damage, pathology (disease), and spurs that can protrude into the nerve or spinal cord.

17) After puberty there is no blood supply to the discs so spinal motion is the only mechanism for nutrients and water to enter the disc and waste to exit the disc.

18) Showering/bathing in clean water is just as important as drinking clean water, due to the absorption of chemicals into the skin and chloride gas into the lungs.

29) For the cleanest water, it should be filtered just before it hits the glass (drinking) or your skin (showering)

20) Distillation and reverse osmosis are not very effective at removing synthetic chemicals and actually make the water more acidic by removing the natural minerals.

21) Some things to consider when purchasing a water system ex pH, chemicals removed, essential minerals maintained.

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