What causes dehydration?
What causes dehydration?
Learn to hydrate daily to recuperate from stress
Although stress and effort are a natural part of life and sports we don't want to get our nervous system stuck in exertion and lose our capacity to shift into rest and deep tissue recuperation.
What causes dehydration
Fascia becomes dehydrated through mechanical compaction (repetitive moves, including sports practise or postural stress) and through inflammation due to the accumulation of metabolic waste in response to stress.
Dehydration affects the body's natural resources to repair and leads to inflammation, loss of vitality and chronic dis-ease.
Even people who eat well and exercises regularly can suffer with chronic pain and wellness issues because they ignore a key aspect of daily selfcare - rehydrating collagen. Neuro fascial care is an essential part of the tripod of healthy lifestyle.
As we age neuro fascial selfcare becomes even more important as the quality of our collagen changes.
Accumulated stress has the effect of drying up fascia and compacting the texture the tissues that envelope and suppor our structure. Dehydration makes it hard to allow the fluid profusion to flow in the body contributing to accumulation of toxins and inflammation, problems sleeping, digestive disregulation and eventulally chronic pain issues and nervous system disregulation in vital organs of the body. Even if you are drinking enough water and eating well.
Dehydration affects both the sensation of ease in the body and the efficiency of the nervous system to perform.
The nervous system relies on the fluid profusion of fascia as a medium to send and receive signals to regulate life sustaining functions like digestion, posture, calming down and sleep.
Stimulating hydration
Stimulating deep tissue hydration is about more than drinking water or taking powdered collagen as a supplement.
Using particular quality movement to stimulate fascia affects its texture and texture defines its hydration. A dried up sponge cannot accept water even if you pour water on it. But if you massage the sponge and break up the compaction you can creat space for it absord fresh water.
Learning to stimulate tissue hydration with daily selfcare helps maintain your body's capacity to recuperate from daily stress and maintain life supporting functions like sleep, digestion and healthy posture. These are autonomic nervous system functions that benefit from daily care for your fascia.