For maximum health your brain needs glucose and oxygen.  Without a constant supply of these vital materials your brain function would immediately begin to decline...and since the brain is the "Captain of the Ship" this is bad news indeed!  But there is another vital thing the brain needs...a constant high quality supply of information.  The spine is a source of this feedback to the brain.  However, as demands on the brain increase, its ability to move and stabilise the spine decreases.  And when spinal health reduces, its signalling to the brain deteriorates.  A vicious cycle ensues. Looking after the spine can immediately begin to destress the brain and set things back on track.  Read more here .  (This pdf first appeared in "The Star" in Dec 2008).