New Year. New Resolutions. A good one is exercise more. Exercise is beneficial for
young and old alike, increasing cognition, health,
sleep quality, and more. Vancouver Disc Centers trusts that adding Vancouver exercise to your daily life is a positive behavior
that enhances your life in due course. Let’s
get moving!
EXERCISE MOTIVATORS
Culture can be encouraging of physical activity…or
not. Researchers studied 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 customize exercise to the
patient and his/her influences. (1) Vancouver Disc Centers has to find out what motivates you! Simple?
Fast? At-home? Out of the house? Maybe some mindfulness? To enhance
the exercise effort, adding mindfulness appears promising.
Researchers found though that many have misconceptions or no
concept of what mindfulness is or how it is valuable
to mental and overall health. One study looked
at the effectiveness of physical activity and mindfulness activities in averting
mental health issues and concluded that it was promising. (2) Vancouver Disc Centers 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 investigates new drugs to
enhance cognitive function in the aging folks, researchers have
also listed 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 – associated with reduced
brain gray matter and impaired cognitive function - was observed to
bring back normal brain function. (4) That is what Vancouver Disc Centers
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 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. Skipping 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 recommended 9 hours. Girls
were not as physically active. Sad news: Such less-than-healthy
habits impaired children’s hand-eye coordination and
attention. Positive] news: Better sleep quality improved reaction time in a visual attention test. (6)
Vancouver Disc Centers is here to help you make better choices, temper expectations, and make beneficial healthy
lifestyle goals.
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Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares chiropractic care for back
pain due to a disc herniation with Cox® Technic on The Cox8 Table.
Make your Vancouver chiropractic
appointment soon. A new year. A new resolution. Adding
exercise as a new, healthy behavior will likely boost your
health, sleep quality, cognition, and more.