our Gut • Your Spine • Your Stress The Missing Link in Modern Healing Healthcare today recognizes something important: your gut, spine, and stress are deeply connected. They constantly communicate with each other, influencing how you feel, move, digest, and function daily. When one system becomes strained — digestion slows, the spine tightens, or stress increases — the others respond. Understanding this connection can help support better functioning and overall well-being. ✅ Gut Health: A Key Influence Your gut contains millions of nerve cells and communicates with your brain through the vagus nerve. Because of this connection: Emotional stress may affect digestion Digestive imbalance may influence mood & energy This gut–brain communication passes through the spine — linking all three systems together. ✅ The Spine: A Communication Pathway Signals between your gut and brain travel via the spinal cord. When the spine is tight or restricted, this communication may be affected, leading to tension, discomfort, or reduced function elsewhere in the body. Gentle manual therapies such as Craniosacral Therapy (CST) and Visceral Osteopathy may help improve mobility, release tension, and support natural nervous system balance. These therapies focus on: Supporting spinal mobility Reducing physical strain Improving overall fluid movement When the spine feels supported, the body often responds more comfortably. ✅ Stress: An Important Regulator When stress levels rise, the body shifts into a protective mode. This can influence: Muscle tension Digestion Sleep patterns Energy CST and Visceral Osteopathy aim to calm the nervous system, release internal tension, and help encourage the body’s natural self-regulation.