Flexibility and health go hand in hand. The more flexible you are, the more resilient you you have and therefore the healthier you are. Physically and mentally. Our health is governed by the psychological, neurological, immunological and endocrinological systems in our body. And these systems influence each other constantly.
The clinical Psycho- Neuro- Immunological science (kPNI) has mapped these influences in recent decades and developed them into applicable medicine. medicine. kPNI sees the human being as a whole; the systems in our body act interact. We make grateful use of this fact: with one system we influence another system in a positive way. That is the power of this holistic this holistic approach.
How does our health work?
A example on a physical level. Suppose you contract a virus. This activates your immune system is activated. Instead of 5 grams of glucose a day, it needs suddenly needs 300 grams. To produce this glucose, your insulin gland goes into overproduction. As a result, other organs insulin insensitive and become neglected, so to speak. If the infection lasts for 4-7 days, there is nothing wrong. But if the infection becomes chronic, you have a problem. You become insensitive to insulin and to cortisol. The pancreas and adrenal glands start making more and more of these hormones. Insulin makes you heavier and makes you more prone to infections.
A example at the mental level: due to imbalance in cortisol, sleep problems, fatigue, behavioural changes, anxiety, depression, stress sensitivity etc.
Conversely it also occurs. You experience prolonged stress, causing the stress hormones adrenaline and cortisol are triggered. If you then contract an infection, there is there is not enough cortisol to send the immune system from the bloodstream to the infection site. The infection is not dealt with efficiently and gets the chance to become chronic. This in turn causes neglect of organs, and also of the brain. There is then a vicious cycle.
Our body can experience stress for many reasons. Due to an infection, work pressure, relationship problems, wrong behaviour, too little exercise, poor diet. What happens then? All hormone axes become disrupted. For example, the stress axis also affects our sex hormones and thyroid. And so our whole control gets confused.
With our lifestyle, we can arm ourselves against this. To avoid becoming chronically ill, we have to make choices and adapt our lifestyle. In the beginning, this requires a certain discipline. Once you can reap the benefits, it comes naturally. Staying fit, bright and alert for yourself and for each other, which is valuable!
Positive medicine
When you are recovering from an illness, a lot of energy goes into that. It important then to look at your recovery from a positive perspective. Positive thoughts produce more energy than negative ones. That is often easier said than done. Positive medicine helps with this. Your thoughts and behaviour are included in the plan, for instance through reframing.