Are you moving with your brakes on?

The habit that harms

Feeling tired, achy, a little bit stuck physically and maybe emotionally too? Suffering from swollen ankles, shin splints, knee, hip, back or shoulder pain?

Ever considered that the problem may simply be that your muscles are fighting each other? Half of you is unconsciously holding back whilse the rest of you wants to be moving forward? 

Sounds like you are trying to move with your brakes on! 

To fully understand this peculiar but widespread phenomenon it might be helpful first to remind ourselves of a little basic science.

Gravity 
We, Earthlings, live in a gravitational field that exerts, an average* of 15lb per sq inch of pressure on us. 24/7 from the moment we sprout forth to the day we finally give in to it and lie down for the last time.
*(depending on your latitude. If you weighed 100 lbs on a spring scale at the north pole you would weigh 5.5 once less on the equator)

So the best way to cope with this constant downward pressure is to have four or more feet on the ground. Like a table or a cow or horse or an elephant 


But...
For some crazy reason, one of our ancestors, be she an ape, lizard or alien visitor? Decided that we should move around on just two of our four available limbs

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