Well Centered Wellness

12/31/2025

From all of us at Well Centered Wellness —- we pray for your health and happiness in 2026!!!

12/30/2025

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12/27/2025

High cortisol is being linked to faster cognitive decline and brain aging in new studies.

12/27/2025

🧠 THE BRAIN’S MOST OVERLOOKED SYSTEM: CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF)
And how we address it at The Functional Neurology Center

When people think about brain health, they usually hear about neurons, neurotransmitters, or blood flow.

But there’s another system—quiet, powerful, and often ignored—that plays a massive role in how your brain actually functions day to day:

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).

CSF is not just a cushion for the brain. It is a living, moving system that nourishes the brain, regulates pressure, supports immune signaling, and—most importantly—helps clear metabolic waste from the nervous system.

And here’s the key point most people never hear:

👉 CSF only works well if it MOVES well.

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🌊 CSF IS NOT STATIC — IT IS DYNAMIC

CSF is constantly circulating through the brain’s ventricles and along the spinal cord. Its movement is influenced by several core drivers:

• Heartbeat (cardiac pulsation)
• Breathing (respiratory pressure changes)
• Posture
• Spinal motion

Modern neuroscience is now recognizing that how the spine moves, how we breathe, and how the head and neck are positioned directly influence CSF flow—especially along the spinal axis.

This means CSF health isn’t just about the brain itself.
It’s about movement, alignment, and mechanics.

When those systems are disrupted—by injury, poor posture, chronic stress, jaw dysfunction, or repetitive strain—CSF circulation can become less efficient.

And when CSF doesn’t move well, the brain doesn’t clear waste well.

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🚨 WHY THIS MATTERS MORE THAN YOU THINK

Suboptimal CSF dynamics are increasingly being discussed in connection with:

• Chronic headaches and pressure sensations
• Dizziness and balance issues
• Brain fog and cognitive fatigue
• Post-concussion and whiplash syndromes
• Autonomic nervous system dysfunction
• Poor recovery from neurological injury

Many patients are told their scans are “normal”
Their labs are “fine”
Their symptoms are “stress-related”

Yet the system that helps clean, nourish, and regulate the brain is rarely assessed or addressed.

At theFNC, this is where we think differently.

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🧠 FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGY MEANS LOOKING AT SYSTEMS — NOT JUST SYMPTOMS

We don’t wait for pathology to appear.

We look at how neurological systems are functioning right now, including the mechanical drivers that influence CSF circulation.

That’s why we integrate a multi-system approach that works with the body’s natural physiology instead of fighting it.

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🌀 CIATRIX: MOVEMENT-DRIVEN CSF SUPPORT

One of the advanced technologies we use at theFNC is Ciatrix.

Ciatrix is a non-invasive system designed to use controlled spinal motion combined with breathing to support CSF circulation.

Here’s why that matters:

• Spinal flexion and extension influence pressure inside the spinal canal
• Breathing creates rhythmic pressure shifts that affect CSF pulsatility
• Coordinated movement can support fluid exchange within the central nervous system

Ciatrix allows us to apply slow, deliberate, neurologically purposeful movement, synchronized with respiration, to help support the body’s own CSF propulsion mechanisms.

This is not exercise for conditioning.
This is neuromechanical input for brain physiology.

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🧩 WHY JAW, NECK & POSTURE MATTER (ROCABADO 6×6)

CSF flow does not exist in isolation.

The position of the jaw, head, and neck directly affects:

• Cervical spinal mechanics
• Breathing efficiency
• Muscle tone around the upper spine
• Postural load on the nervous system

That’s why we frequently integrate Rocabado’s 6×6 exercises into CSF-focused care plans.

These exercises emphasize:

• Proper tongue and jaw posture
• Controlled TMJ movement
• Cervical stabilization
• Head and neck alignment

Clinically, improving these relationships often leads to:

✔ Reduced forward head posture
✔ Better diaphragmatic breathing
✔ Less cervical tension
✔ Improved mechanical conditions for CSF movement

Rocabado exercises help build a stable foundation so CSF-directed movement strategies like Ciatrix can work more effectively.

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🦴 CHIROPRACTIC CARE — BUT WITH A NEUROLOGICAL PURPOSE

At theFNC, chiropractic care is not about “cracking backs.”

It’s about restoring precise spinal motion and alignment to support neurological function.

Targeted adjustments help:

• Normalize segmental movement
• Improve cervical and thoracic biomechanics
• Enhance sensory input to the brainstem and cerebellum
• Support posture and breathing mechanics

Because CSF dynamics are influenced by spinal motion, restoring proper movement becomes a critical upstream driver of neurological health.

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🔆 LLLT: SUPPORTING THE BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT

Movement only works well if tissues are healthy and responsive.

That’s where Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) comes in.

LLLT helps by:

• Reducing inflammation
• Supporting mitochondrial energy production
• Improving tissue healing
• Calming irritated neural structures

By improving the tissue environment around the neck, jaw, and spine, LLLT helps reduce resistance to motion—making movement-based and postural therapies more effective.

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✋ MANUAL TECHNIQUES: REMOVING ROADBLOCKS

We also use hands-on manual techniques to:

• Release fascial restrictions
• Normalize muscle tone
• Improve joint mobility
• Restore accurate sensory feedback

Think of manual therapy as removing the brakes so the nervous system can respond appropriately to movement, posture, and rehabilitation.

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🧠 THE BIG PICTURE: WHY THIS WORKS

At The Functional Neurology Center, no single therapy stands alone.

Our CSF-focused care integrates:

• Neurological assessment
• Ciatrix-guided spinal motion and breathing
• Rocabado jaw and posture retraining
• Chiropractic adjustments
• Manual therapy
• Low-level laser therapy

Each piece reinforces the others.

Structure. Motion. Breath. Fluid. Neural signaling.
All working together.

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🌊 THIS IS BRAIN HEALTH — REDEFINED

Cerebrospinal fluid is not an afterthought.
It is a core pillar of neurological resilience.

When we support the drivers of CSF circulation, we support:

• Brain detoxification
• Nutrient delivery
• Pressure regulation
• Autonomic balance
• Long-term neurological health

This is functional neurology the way it was meant to be practiced—
addressing systems, not chasing symptoms.

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💬 If you’ve tried everything and still don’t feel like yourself…
It may be time to look at what’s been overlooked.

At The Functional Neurology Center, there is hope — and it starts by understanding how your brain, spine, and fluid systems truly work together.

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612 223 8590

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2021.737217/full

12/22/2025

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12/18/2025

Summary of causes of magnesium deficiency and diseases and disorders associated with magnesium deficiency. Note: not all diseases associated with magnesium deficiency are a direct cause of magnesium deficiency. Magnesium deficiency can be a byproduct of disease/condition or lifestyle that contributes to disease.
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Abbreviations: IBD: inflammatory bowel disease; T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus

12/17/2025

Insulin resistance and chronic hypoglycemia don't just affect blood sugar. They cause systemic inflammation, stress mitochondria so your brain can't produce energy, sabotage hormone metabolism, and promote leaky gut, which feeds back into more mood issues. This creates a vicious cycle where dysglycemia triggers inflammation, inflammation disrupts the blood-brain barrier, and compromised barriers allow inflammatory molecules into the brain, causing neuroinflammation.

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