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Your Brain is Amazing!

Quadrillion

Most people have absolutely no idea how their brain works. It’s been said that the human brain has a quadrillion cellular connections via the nervous system... This picture attempts to put the complexity of our brains into perspective. It represents a quadrillion pennies stacked into a cube spanning several city blocks. 

The sheer magnitude of nerve receptors is mind-blowing!

Guess what hurts?

Here's a classic example of a condition referred to as Forward Head Posture. This patient has a chief complaint of neck stiffness, tightness across the shoulders, and pain in the middle of her back. These are the most frequently experienced symptoms when the head is no longer balanced over the shoulders, and instead hangs out in front of the body.

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