How Important is Vision, Really?

   

Great question!  One thing that sets Fitness Evolved is our focus on vision and recognition that we move through the world only as well as we see it.  

This can either be a good thing or a bad thing.  When your vision isn't as good as it could be, you stick your neck out to see better. You change your gait to walk without falling. You jut out your jaw. You move your head instead of your eyes to see something. In other words, you change your center of gravity and redistribute your weight... In order to see better.  All of these little things can lead to muscle imbalances, neck and jaw tension, headaches, etc. 

Neurologically speaking, vision is one of the most important functions for good brain health, mental clarity, and quality movement.   The vision center of the brain is one of the largest areas of the brain, and if you look at it from an "activation" standpoint, the visual cortex is the gait keeper for all of our cognitive, "higher order" functions. 

With neuralplasticity, we now know that anything we do can be improved- it doesn't decline just because we're aging!

In the coming weeks, we'll be rolling out a new sort of program that hasn't been done before- all with the purpose of helping you, our members and contacts, see better and improve your quality of life!  Stay tuned.  Until then...