Words Matter

Categories: Blog Feb 07, 2016

 

Words matter. Who ever came up with the kid's phrase, "Stick and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me" was a lier. Words can hurt far worse than sticks and stones can because cuts, bruises and breaks seem to heal a lot easier and quicker than the wounded heart does. Words are the most powerful force humans have at their disposal. With them we can create hope and joy, or we can cause devastation and destruction.

In Original Strength, we try to be very intentional with our words because we know what we say matters. For example, we don't use the words "correctives", or "corrective exercise" when it comes to talking about pressing RESET. There are a couple of reasons for this:

1) To use the word "corrective" when talking about movement carries the connotation that the person is moving wrong; that they are doing something bad or harmful.

2) It would not be right to try to correct the body's movement when the body is moving the way it is designed to move. What I mean to say is, the body knows what it is doing.

Let's talk about this.

The body doesn't need correctives.

Why does the body move the way it does? Why do muscles get tight? Why are some joints loose? Why does strength get governed? Why do some people move beautifully and others move more robotic?

Because the nervous system tells the body what to do. The nervous system governs how the body expresses itself.

Why?

It is the way the body is designed. The nervous system runs the show.

The body moves the way it does because the body is doing what it is told to do by the nervous system.

Why then, does the body not move optimally? Why do some people move the way we know they should move, and why do other people seem like they need help?

The body does move optimally; given the information it is receiving.

The nervous system tells the body what to do based off the information it is receiving. It is doing this as efficiently and as optimally as it can based off the incoming information.

Can you correct movement when the movement is not the issue as much as the internal operating system is the issue?

Maybe - but are you then trying to "correct" something that is actually working properly based off its programming? And, would a correction simply be an attempt to change a movement pattern that is really being governed by deeper information that is reaching the brain.

If the body is not moving "optimally" because the nervous system is receiving bad information, why not try to help improve the information the nervous system receives?

Is "improving" the information the nervous system receives not the same thing as a "corrective?"

Not really. In OS, we are trying to help restore the whole body's ability to express itself by addressing the original operating system inside the brain. We are not trying to correct any one movement pattern or patterns.

This gets to be an interesting cycle. Movement does create the information the nervous system receives and this results in the output, or the expression, of the movement the body generates. BUT, if you can tap into the root program, the core of the program, the deepest layer of the program, you can impact all layers of the program. Good information comes from being good at the basics: the simplest movements (the RESETs) are at the heart of the overall operating system.

The RESETs are like the firmware of your nervous system. These are the movements all movements and all further programming is built upon. If you address the epicenter, and you provide good information in the simplest form possible, the simplest movements we own, this good information ends up cleaning or RESETing the dependent tiers of programming. This leads to optimal physical output or expression of movement.

All that to say, a trying to "correct" a movement can be like making a bad decision based off of bad information, versus making a good decision based off true information.

The body does not have a faulty design. It does not need any correctives. If you want to move optimally and express all the strength, grace, power, and mobility you were designed for, give your nervous system good information by pressing RESET. These simple movements are the firmware of your operating system. They don't correct anything, but they do optimize everything.

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