Concord, NC 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, boosting cognition, health, sleep quality, etc.. Pure Chiropractic trusts that adding Concord, NC exercise to your daily life is a positive behavior that ultimately enhances your life. Let’s get moving!
EXERCISE MOTIVATORS
Culture can be supportive of physical activity…or not. Researchers studied various motivators for physical activity and exercise. Since being physically active is a result of self-determination, they described 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 tailor exercise to the patient and his/her influences. (1) Share with Pure Chiropractic what motivates you! Simple? Fast? At-home? Out of the house? Maybe some mindfulness? To enhance the exercise effort, adding 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. One study looked at the effectiveness of physical activity and mindfulness activities in preventing mental health issues and decided that it was promising. (2) Pure Chiropractic 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? No! 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 valuable. (3) Major motivators can be healthy lifestyle behaviors mixed with chiropractic care. Treating and alleviating chronic pain – associated with decreased brain gray matter and impaired cognitive function - was observed to restore normal brain function. (4) That is what Pure Chiropractic 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 do activities to support that lifestyle like exercise and eating well. Factors like personality and goal-setting habits were suggested influencers. (5) Even in kids, researchers saw that behaviors like breakfast eating, exercise, and sleep patterns influenced their healthy lifestyle. Foregoing breakfast in the morning – 11% of kids in one study did this – was linked to sleep duration, bedtime, and physical activity. 9.5% of kids said they had poor sleep. 24.9% did not sleep more than the recommended 9 hours. Girls were not as physically active. Bad news: Such less-than-healthy habits impaired children’s hand-eye coordination and attention. Positive] news: Better sleep quality bettered their reaction time in a visual attention exam. (6) Pure Chiropractic is here to help you make better choices, temper expectations, and make beneficial healthy lifestyle goals.
CONTACT Pure Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Douglas Pettit on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes chiropractic care for back pain due to a disc herniation with Cox® Technic on The Cox8 Table.
Make your Concord, NC 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.
