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📢 How Do Your Organs Influence Your Emotions and Decisions?

🌿 Did you know that your gut, heart, and other internal organs are constantly communicating with your brain—shaping your thoughts, emotions, and even your sense of self?

🧠 According to neuroscience research, this “interoceptive” feedback influences behavior, memory, mood, and motivation. It even affects how we perceive fear, safety, and connection to others.

✨ Manual therapy, especially approaches like Visceral Manipulation and CranioSacral Therapy, works directly with these pathways—supporting the body’s ability to regulate from the inside out.

👉 By gently addressing restrictions in the organs, fascia, and autonomic nervous system, these therapies help restore internal balance and improve emotional and cognitive function. This is more than just muscle work—it's about optimizing the whole-body communication network.

Read here:https://www.iahe.com/storage/docs/articles/visceral-influences-on-brain-and-behavior.pdf

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26/01/2026

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25/01/2026

Sciatica and sitting in a recliner chair

So everyone knows that sitting for too long can cause and aggravate lower back pain. But did you know that sitting in a recliner chair specifically can irritate your nervous system?

The first picture below (showing the spine) is a demonstration of a neural slump test which medical professionals do to test whether there is any restriction on your nerves. This test puts the entire nervous system on stretch. Now imagine sitting in that stretch position for a long time. Nerves don’t like to be stretched so if they are stretched for a long time it could aggravate them and start to cause a problem or aggravate a problem you already have.

While recliners are great for tired and swollen feet, shoulder injuries and COPD to name a few things, they could be the reason you have back pain or sciatica or the reason they won’t go away.















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18/01/2026

It is safe to say in these times the vast majority of us are stressed on a daily basis and for many years at a time.

But what does it do to your body and brain?!?!?

















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15/01/2026

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15/01/2026

15/01/2026

Get back to doing the things you love without the fear of pain. Find a solution that lasts!

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A physical therapist can help you get back to the things you love!

15/01/2026

Did you know this about Back Pain?



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Here's a great infographic by Anthony Maritato on the myths vs reality of a confusing topic.

11/01/2026

I love this so much!!


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30/09/2025

There is massive benefit to keeping active! Make sure you stay healthy throughout your life by being active and eating healthily.

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