I learnt this from my friend who works out.
I used to bend and fetch water into the mug from the bucket while taking bath and did the same I think(do not recall now) when I picked up something heavy.
My friend told that people get hip/back pain because when they lift weights/heavy objects by bending, the stress falls on the lower back.
Instead if we bend our knees and lift it that would put the pressure on the legs and our back won't get stressed a lot.
I gave it a try and it works like a charm. I hadn't observed this till that time.
I also had another observation on this.
If we take babies for example, observe how they pick up things from the floor, they bend their knees while they pick up. They could be doing that maybe because they can balance themselves better that way? if they fall they would land on their butt so safety purpose?
It could also be that we are born that way so that till our brain starts to understand things our mind/body take care of themselves by default. Once we start to take over our mind and body and force out from the default status thats when problems start to occur.
Sir Suechi,
This is deep thought. It seems you mention of existence of a default living status which gets influenced or corrupted by experience or time.
Please share your mind.
@dholu Not sure how to put it in a structured way, I'll share the things and you can connect the dots.
Any animal you see when its born it learns to get up on its feet, this is its default behavior, no one has to teach it. Now of course at times the parent would kick the head or something if there is some issue with the baby, but overall they know how to get up n take care of themselves.
This I'm sure could be found in plants n other living organisms as well.
Similarly in humans, when a baby is born, it knows nothing of what is going on in the world. It just observes what is going on but it does have in-built knowledge of how to reach out and grab things with its hand (even if its figuring it out, it knows how to do it).
Once it starts to grow and mind starts to mature, as in it starts to remember things that is when we start to limit test.
If we need to know our body better then we need to observe it in its virgin state which is a new born baby until it's brain starts to develop.
The body has all the necessary tools and knowledge to function properly and to repair itself, you just need to pay attention and be aware of it.
Few things that I have observed that makes me be sure of these things,
I saw a stray cat at our house which had a big bruise on its thigh. Looked like it got bit by a dog, it was almost an open wound, I could see its flesh.
It cured the wound by just liking it from time to time in few days/weeks of time, no medications nothing.
Similarly the human body is also capable of taking care of itself without any external sources.
I have had few bruises on my skin when I hit or rub my hand or leg on a rough surfaces. I leave it as it is, the blood clots then it turns to be a black mark. If you let this mark dry off then there won't be any mark on the skin, but if you peel off this even though it might be cured, you would see a patch mark.
Another observation is that your body can only handle certain level of physical pain, once it exceeds that your body will shut itself off to go to recovery mode.
You can observe this when say you're under extreme stress from pain you will faint.
So how does one learn about the functioning of this body? There has to be a manual to it or a source from which one can learn.
I think that if we learn to observe the new born babies we can learn a lot from it because that is our fundamental.
There is more to it I think, I just duno how to put it properly in words.
Hmm.
You are referring to Basic instincts. I checked on the web. It is also referred to as "Altricial" characteristics. Yours observations on self repairing properties of the body are also valid.
I have a person working for me who who claims that he never took any medicine for general fever or cough and cold. He claims that basic food intake like milk etc aids faster recovery. However, I think medical classification goes far beyond what we can think of. Example can be the type of injury sustained. If the injury involves dirty iron or something it has a high probability of developing into Tetanus, however cleaner injuries like that from wood or a cleaner medium might have a chance to heal.
The point is, as you mentioned, the body can heal if certain criteria is met. The formula you are saying is most likely coded in the DNA of ours, which I am in no way qualified to discuss. The very same genetic code is probably responsible for the basic instincts as well.
Watching babies for information. I have not a clue how this can be achieved. We as primates show similar behaviour to others. The animals you speak of, yes they are capable of walking, but that not always the case. Example in dogs and cats the newborns are probably deaf and blind and need parental care an protection to develop those senses.
So how does one learn about the functioning of this body? There has to be a manual to it or a source from which one can learn.
I think this may have been the base of the Medical sciences and its development.
