New Year. New Resolutions. A good one is to exercise more. Exercise benefits
young and old alike, boosting cognition, health,
sleep quality, and more. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation has
confidence that including Tonawanda exercise to your daily life is an advantageous behavior
that ultimately enhances your life. Let’s
get moving!
EXERCISE MOTIVATORS
Culture can be encouraging of physical activity…or
not. Researchers analyzed a variety of motivators
for physical activity and exercise. Since being physically active is a result of self-determination, they detailed the combination
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 telling researchers and
ultimately us clinicians to adapt exercise to the
patient and his/her influences. (1) Tell
Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation what motivates you! Simple?
Fast? At-home? At-gym? Maybe some mindfulness? To enhance
the exercise effort, adding mindfulness appears encouraging.
Researchers found though that many have misconceptions or no
concept of what mindfulness is or how it is valuable
to mental and overall health. A recent study looked
at the effectiveness of physical activity and mindfulness activities in preventing
mental health issues and concluded that it was promising. (2) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation appreciates those kinds 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 looks for drugs to
improve cognitive function in the aging folks, researchers have
also listed nutrition, diet, probiotics, cognitive
training, and physical activity, exercise, even Latin, ballroom, and aerobic dancing as being useful.
(3) Major motivators can be healthy lifestyle
behaviors combined with chiropractic care. Treating and easing
chronic pain – associated with decreased
brain gray matter and impaired cognitive function - was observed to
restore normal brain function. (4) That’s what Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
does: treat chronic pain with chiropractic care incorporating
spinal manipulation.
OLDER FOLKS AND YOUNG KIDS
Curious researchers took on the question of
older adults’ goals, motivations, and self-determination motivators to follow
a healthy lifestyle and participate in activities to
support that lifestyle like exercise and eating well. Factors
like personality and goal-setting habits were proposed as
influencers. (5) Even in kids, researchers saw 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
reported poor sleep. 24.9% slept less than the suggested 9 hours. Girls
were not as physically active. Sad news: Such less-than-healthy
habits lessened children’s hand-eye coordination and
attention. Good] news: Better sleep quality bettered
their reaction time in a visual attention test. (6)
Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation is here to help you make better choices, temper expectations, and make beneficial healthy
lifestyle goals.
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Schedule your Tonawanda chiropractic
appointment soon. A new year. A new resolution. Adding
exercise as a new, healthy behavior will likely enhance your
health, sleep quality, cognition, and more.