Z-Health is a system of fitness training created by Eric Cobb, DC., that works exclusively with the nervous system.
The central nervous system is in charge of all of the functions in the body. If you want to become a stronger, faster, more agile athlete or just improve your balance and posture, it’s the nervous system that does it. Your body is a sensory-motor system. Sensory (afferent) messages inform your brain about the world you live and move in, and the brain processes this information and makes a motor (efferent) response. Three important afferent (sensory) systems that inform your brain of where your body is in gravity and space to create balance are: 1. The visual system (eyes) 2. The vestibular system (orientation to gravity) 3. The proprioceptive system (sense of bodily movement and location) These three systems work together to allow you to move around in the world. If something gets off track in any one of these three systems, it can affect you in a negative way, sometimes subtly, sometimes not so subtly. There can be efferent (motor) issues as well. To identify where the problem is, Z-Health uses the eight levels of assessment model: receptors, peripheral nerves, the spinal cord, brain stem, cerebellum, thalamus, insular cortex, and cerebral cortex. Once the problem area is found, Z-Health drills (exercises) are used to address the area of deficit and stimulate it, thereby improving performance, sometimes very quickly. If the issue has been there for some time, it can take longer, but steady improvement can be experienced when the exercises are regularly performed.