Have you all been sleeping well lately?
Since COVID, remote work has become more common, and you might think life has gotten easier. But apparently, more people are feeling like “I don’t feel like I’m sleeping properly, and I can’t shake off the fatigue.” In some cases, they even go to the hospital and are told nothing is particularly wrong.
So, for anyone who wants to improve the quality of their sleep, we heard there was a chiropractic clinic offering an unusual type of treatment, and went to check out “らくほく整体院” 
This clinic apparently offers a style of treatment you don’t hear about very often: ashi-fumi style chiropractic, done using the feet.
Ashi-fumi style?? I’ve never heard of that! What’s it like? Let’s go inside and find out!
Wait, what!? This entrance is seriously stylish✨
Hello! We’re Director Yoshioka and chiropractor Hattori😊
（They’re welcoming us with such big smiles😚）Thanks for having us!
First, You Fill Out Your Current Health Condition and Have a Consultation
On your first visit, we ask you to fill out a form about your current health condition😊
Lately I’ve been having headaches, and my body feels so sluggish, so I came to see if there’s anything that can be done😔
Do you also often feel like you’re not sleeping well at night?
Now that you mention it, I do feel like I have trouble falling asleep, and I can’t wake up feeling refreshed in the morning!😳
I’m concerned about distortion in your body alignment. When muscles become contracted, it can disrupt the autonomic nervous system and affect your sleep.
That’s how the consultation goes.
Using Your Right Hand All the Time Throws Off Your Balance
See? Both Shacho and Hii-chan have their right shoulders raised quite a bit compared with their left shoulders, don’t they?
Wait, really?!
Whether it’s using a mouse or a smartphone, modern people who do lots of things with their right hand tend to have their right shoulder rise up.
If you put your right hand behind you like this and move your head diagonally back to the left, you can feel the muscles stretching, right? Your alignment is pretty distorted😅
Whoa! I can really feel it pulling, Sensei!
All those symptoms are being caused by your body ending up like this.
I had no idea my body had gotten like this without me noticing!
When your right shoulder rises, can you see how the left side of your lower back is contracted?
It kind of looks twisted.
If you keep a posture like this, with the right shoulder raised and the left side contracted, blood flow becomes poorer, which can lead to things like shoulder pain. And because your center of gravity shifts to the left, your left knee may start to hurt too.
So using my right hand all the time can cause all kinds of problems like that. What should I do?
Posture is all about balance. To use athletes as an example, many professional baseball players who throw right-handed and bat left-handed tend to have long careers.
Now that you mention it, Kanemoto, Ohtani, Hideki Matsui, and Ichiro all throw right-handed and bat left-handed!
If you keep repeating the same movement, your joints are more likely to get damaged. Throwing right-handed and batting left-handed means rotating in the opposite direction too, so using both the right and left sides helps balance the muscles and joints, which can lead to a longer career.
Still Not Refreshed After Sleeping
Maybe because I’m a writer, my stiff shoulders are pretty bad, I get headaches, and I just feel like I’m never really refreshed.
Distortion in the body can cause pain and discomfort such as stiff shoulders, and that can interfere with sleep.
