While we don't all agree on who or whatever created the human body, I think we can all agree that it is an amazing, self-functioning machine . The body's ability to maintain a healthy status quo and heal itself without input is unlike any man-made machine in existence. However, with today's society wanting more and at an ever-accelerating pace, the incredible inventions of doctors, engineers and scientists have made working together with the body to heal truly amazing. Despite the body's talent for healing unconsciously, it turns out there are many ways we can influence the process with our current health, both positively and negatively. The human body has programmed ways to recover and revive damaged cells, but in an ever-changing world there are many things we can do externally and internally to influence the body's already amazing process. When a child falls and scrapes their knee or cuts their knee or hand, their first conscious instinct is to cry and run to the nearest parent, yet their body's first instinct is to contain and clot the blood. Even as adults, people should never sit there after getting a paper cut and think, “Ok body, clot up!” The body springs into action automatically and without any prompting from our conscious mind. In a typical injury, the body goes through four stages; haemostasis, inflammation, proliferation and remodelling. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2903966/). In hemostasis, the skin shrinks and a clot forms. Once the cut has clotted, inflammatory cells enter the wound and remove invading microbes and debris. The proliferation phase overlaps with the inflammation phase to rebuild collagen and granulation tissue, so a crust will appear. The... middle of the paper... mom, everyone wants to get the most out of their life and with the best quality. There are so many ways to enjoy life and be held back by any preventable health problem such as a chronic injury would prevent people from reaching their potential. Now, I know you're thinking that what we're discussing here is a simple injury, but it's much more than that. Knowing and appreciating our bodies helps us live a better, more fulfilling life, and I don't know anyone who doesn't want that. Works Cited DiPietro, L.A., and S.J. Guo. Page no..(DiPietro and Guo)Manring, . NP Network. 11 February 2014. .(Manring). NP Rete. 11 February 2014. .(“Diabetes and wound healing”)