Oxford Exercises Benefit Makes it a Good Resolution for All
New Year. New Resolutions. A good one is ‘add exercise’. Exercise benefits young and old alike, boosting cognition, health, sleep quality, etc.. Satterwhite Chiropractic believes adding Oxford exercise to your way of life 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 various motivators for physical activity and exercise. Since being physically active is an act 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 reminding researchers and ultimately us clinicians to tailor exercise to the patient and his/her influences. (1) Satterwhite Chiropractic has to find out what motivates you! Simple? Fast? At-home? Out of the house? Maybe some mindfulness? To enrich 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. A recent study analyzed the effectiveness of physical activity and mindfulness activities in averting mental health issues and decided that it held promise. (2) Satterwhite Chiropractic appreciates those types of benefits!
BENEFITS FOR COGNITION, PAIN RELIEF WITH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
A pill maybe?! None of us would admit wanting to take a pill to be physically fit…or would we? Of course not! As the pharmacological world looks for drugs to enhance 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 beneficial. (3) Important motivators can be healthy lifestyle behaviors mixed with chiropractic care. Treating and alleviating chronic pain – related to decreased brain gray matter and impaired cognitive function - was found to bring back normal brain function. (4) That is what Satterwhite 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 follow a healthy lifestyle and do 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 noted that behaviors like breakfast eating, exercise, and sleep patterns influenced their healthy lifestyle. Skipping breakfast in the morning – 11% of kids in a recent 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 recommended 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) Satterwhite 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.
Make your Oxford chiropractic appointment now. A new year. A new resolution. Including exercise as a new, healthy behavior will likely boost your health, sleep quality, cognition, and more.
