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Dr. Nana's Healthy Habits Update · Dec 18, 2025

2025: The "Flow" Year in Review

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Dr S J Nana · Dr. Nana's Healthy Habits Update

As I write this, we are hopefully coming to the end of a water interruption due to major upgrades to our city water supply infrastructure. Needless to say, after seeing our taps run dry, we value the importance of flowing water to our homes even more.

2025 has been a year where I’ve learned the importance of “flow” in all aspects of life: physically, mentally, socially, professionally, and even spiritually. Simply put, there is no life without flow.

Thank you to those that have come to us for chiropractic care, BrainTap sessions, our health presentation, and RopeFlow classes to heal and flow better. Seeing people improve naturally and realizing their inner healing and fitness potential is always heart-warming.

I hope the articles published here on this blog have added more life-enhancing flow to your life. Just in case any of the posts got lost in the flood of information that overflows on a daily basis in our modern lives, here is a list of the articles from 2025:

Why Pro Athletes Appreciate Chiropractic

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January 5, 2025

Chiropractic has become a key component in the health care regime of most professional athletes. When considering the overall health benefits of regular chiropractic adjustments, it’s easy to see why it is now so common.

Many Drugs Can Cause Osteoporosis

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February 25, 2025

Decreasing bone density is becoming more and more common even in young people. This is a very worrying trend that can be reversed and prevented. Unfortunately, a big factor that is overlooked is the role that many pharmaceutical drugs play in decreasing bone density, leading to osteopenia and osteoporosis.

Why We Need To Carry & Move Objects

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March 17, 2025

An essential part of being human is the ability pick up objects and move them to different locations. However, with cars, shopping carts, wheeled bags, hired help, and online delivery, most people no longer need to carry objects or bags around. This results in major muscle groups that no longer need to be used. When muscles are not used, they quickly…

Your Amazing Spinal Engine

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May 27, 2025

After decades of excessive sitting and limited walking, it appears that most people in modern society no longer walk the way our spine’s and meant to move. Last year, I came across an exercise video that briefly mentioned “Spinal Engine Theory.” Needless to say, this intrigued me, and I had to learn more. As I’ve learned about this concept, the more …

Control Your Emotions, Control Your Life

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June 11, 2025

We’ve all heard of how our emotions can affect the function of our bodies, but recent studies from Finland have mapped this phenomenon. According to the researchers, people felt different sensations in their bodies depending on their emotional state (see image below).

How To Activate Your Healing Superpowers

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June 18, 2025

Chronic illness and not feeling well is now the new normal. Unfortunately, our health care industry is likely contributing to this growing problem by overlooking the underlying causes of disease, downplaying the body’s innate healing capacity, and focusing on symptomatic treatments that often make the problem worse, while creating other problems. Sadl…

Can Chiropractic Help Normalize Digestive Flow?

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July 16, 2025

Many people today have either an overactive or underactive digestive system. An overactive digestive tract can lead to conditions like acid reflux, ulcers, heartburn, irritable bowel syndrome, and chronic diarrhea. An underactive digestive system can lead to conditions like indigestion, constipation, hernias, leaky gut, appendicitis, and what is now b…

The Best Brain & Spinal Motion Training

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July 27, 2025

The spine is the most dynamic joint complex of the body, with over 80 joints, 33 bones, and hundreds of muscle attachments. Unfortunately, modern life does not allow the spinal column to achieve its full potential, which also limits the brain and nervous system’s capacity to function optimally.

Learn How to Flow Again

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August 11, 2025

We're born with spines that move fluidly and effortlessly. Unfortunately, modern life quickly gets in the way. For most of us, our normal activities of daily living do not require the spine to be used to its capacity. In fact, even most people that exercise regularly are also not utilizing their spine to its full potential, with many often favoring t…

18 Ways to Add Flow to Any Lifestyle

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August 20, 2025

In my previous articles, you were introduced to, what I believe, is the best brain and spinal motion training, followed by a guide to learn how to flow again, with the help of a properly-weighted flow rope. This article will give you some ideas about how anyone can incorporate

The Conspiracy That Was Proven in a Court of Law

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September 17, 2025

As the chiropractic profession celebrates its 130th birthday, most people are unaware that there was once a coordinated and organized campaign by the American Medical Association to eliminate alternative health care professions, especially chiropractic. In 1963, the AMA even created a secret committee for this purpose. This was discovered by an indepen…

Common Foods That Kill Parasites

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October 28, 2025

Parasites are much more common than we realize. According to a 2023 review, 1 out of 4 people are living with intestinal parasites. In subtropical countries, up to 50% of the population can be infected. Parasites are commonly found in many foods and can even be transmitted from pets. Fortunately, nature has provided us with many foods that can weake…

Knee Problems? Try Chiropractic First

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November 5, 2025

The spinal column plays a key role in the function of the knee. Unfortunately, this is often overlooked in mainstream health care today. The spine-knee connection is both mechanical, as well as neurological. Therefore, proper knee function requires balanced and coordinated muscle function, which in turn is dependent upon proper nerve function. Simpl…

Choose Your Light Carefully

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November 27, 2025

Light plays a very strong role in the proper function of our minds and bodies. In fact, recent studies have shown that we even convert light into energy. The ill-effects of not getting enough sunlight are well-known, but unfortunately, most people today spend most of their time indoors. As a result, many people are…

Never forget that you are the most advanced technology on this planet. I hope you have a chance to disengage from our unbalanced, tech-centered lives, allowing you to rest, relax, recalibrate, and recharge, so you can flow with the challenges and successes coming in 2026. Remember, life is always easier and more enjoyable when you’re flowing and healing well.

by SJ NANA, DC, DrNana.co.za

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