03/27/2026
A good read!
Asymmetry is the norm in the human body.
Yes you have 2 eyes, ears, arms, etc. but the shape, size, length, width, position compared to the other side often differ.
2 lungs…but 3 lobes on the right, 2 on the left.
2 kidneys…but that third lobe of the right lung and weird shaped liver mean one is higher and one is lower.
1 liver, pancreas, stomach, spleen, gallbladder that are all shaped kinda funny, wildly different and have no contralateral match.
1 heart that sits more on the left than the right.
1 diaphragm….well 2… ok, technically 4… maybe 5… depending who you ask… but the shape, height, depth, and tension vary because of everything above…and below.
The vasculature, the miles of intestinal tract, the nerve pathways, the fascia (don’t get me started). All winding, twisting, cutting, loops and runs through layers and layers of tissue, that differ greatly side to side.
The pelvis, ribcage, spine, hips are all asymmetric anatomy that deviate in exponential ways from a theoretical perfect alignment.
normal varies insanely across different types of humans (s*x, age, ancestry *yes I’ll go there)
Transitional segments. Congenital fusions. Extra bones. Missing bones. Extra muscles and tendons on one side. Tilts. Rotations. Shifts.
Not that you shouldn’t strive for balance. But everyone’s balance is different and these asymmetric relationships need to be placed into context of the whole system.
The structure - function relationship isn’t as clean, linear and symmetrical as the packaging we put it in academically and clinically.
I’m usually not a special little snowflake kind of guy but everyone really is a one of a kind expression of a divine blueprint.
Look at two variations of skull shape, size, density, width, depth, ridges, cavities, foramen on cranial imaging and you’ll see.
Same same, but different.
In His Image.
You are not broken. You are not defective.
You are adaptable AF.
You have way more things right with you than you do wrong.
Take control of your health.
Take back your own power in your healthcare relationships.
Real results across MOST health problems are possible when you lose the language of compartmentalized labels on variations of normal and single track diagnosis and gain an understanding of what it takes to actually live well for a long, long time.
