McHenry Exercises Benefit Makes it a Good Resolution for All
New Year. New Resolutions. A good one is exercise more. Exercise is good for young and old alike, increasing cognition, health, sleep quality, and more. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic trusts that including McHenry exercise to your lifestyle is a positive behavior that ultimately enhances your life. Let’s get moving!
EXERCISE MOTIVATORS
Culture can be encouraging of physical activity…or not. Researchers evaluated a variety of motivators for physical activity and exercise. Since being physically active is a result of self-determination, they detailed the mix of autonomy, competence, ego, task, and relatedness of these in the motivation to exercise. American subjects were more autonomous, task oriented, and physically active than Turkish subjects reminding researchers and ultimately us clinicians to customize exercise to the patient and his/her interests. (1) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic has to find out what motivates you! Simple? Fast? At-home? At-gym? Maybe some mindfulness? To boost the exercise effort, including mindfulness appears hopeful. Researchers found though that many have misconceptions or no concept of what mindfulness is or how it is beneficial to mental and overall health. A recent study analyzed the effectiveness of physical activity and mindfulness activities in preventing mental health issues and concluded that it was promising. (2) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic appreciates those types of benefits!
BENEFITS FOR COGNITION, PAIN RELIEF WITH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
A pill maybe?! None of us would confess to wanting a pill to be physically fit…or would we? Of course not! As the pharmacological world investigates new drugs to improve cognitive function in the aging folks, researchers have also described nutrition, diet, probiotics, cognitive training, and physical activity, exercise, even dancing – ballroom, aerobic and Latin - as being beneficial. (3) Significant motivators can be healthy lifestyle behaviors combined with chiropractic care. Treating and relieving chronic pain – linked to reduced brain gray matter and impaired cognitive function - was observed to restore normal brain function. (4) That is what OrthoIllinois Chiropractic does: treat chronic pain with chiropractic care incorporating spinal manipulation.
OLDER FOLKS AND YOUNG KIDS
Curious researchers tackled the question of older adults’ goals, motivations, and self-determination motivators to lead a healthy lifestyle and participate in activities to support that lifestyle like exercising and eating well. Factors like personality and goal-setting habits were suggested influencers. (5) Even in kids, researchers observed that behaviors like breakfast eating, exercise, and sleep patterns influenced their healthy lifestyle. Not having breakfast in the morning – 11% of kids in one study did this – was associated with sleep duration, bedtime, and physical activity. 9.5% of kids said they experienced poor sleep. 24.9% slept less than the suggested 9 hours. Girls were less physically active. Sad news: Such unhealthy habits lessened children’s hand-eye coordination and attention. Positive] news: Better sleep quality bettered their reaction time in a visual attention test. (6) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is here to help you make better choices, temper expectations, and make beneficial healthy lifestyle goals.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Douglas Pettit on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares chiropractic care for back pain due to a disc herniation with Cox® Technic on The Cox8 Table.
Schedule your McHenry chiropractic appointment soon. A new year. A new resolution. Including exercise as a new, healthy behavior will likely enhance your health, sleep quality, cognition, and more.
