New Year. New Resolutions. A good one is to exercise more. Exercise is beneficial for
young and old alike, enhancing cognition, health,
sleep quality, and more. Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc has
confidence that adding Fort Wayne exercise to your lifestyle 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 analyzed a variety of motivators
for physical activity and exercise. Since being physically active is an
act of self-determination, they described 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 influences. (1) Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc 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 promising.
Researchers found though that people have misconceptions or no
concept of what mindfulness is or how it is beneficial
to mental and overall health. One study examined the effectiveness of physical activity and mindfulness activities in averting
mental health issues and decided that it held
promise. (2) Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc 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 looks for drugs to
improve cognitive function in the aging folks, researchers have
also reported on nutrition, diet, probiotics, cognitive
training, and physical activity, exercise, even dancing – ballroom, aerobic
and Latin - as being beneficial.
(3) Important 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’s what Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc
does: treat chronic pain with chiropractic care featuring
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 participate in activities to
support that lifestyle like exercising 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 affected their
healthy lifestyle. Not having breakfast in
the morning – 11% of kids in a recent study did this – was linked to sleep duration, bedtime, and physical activity. 9.5% of kids
said they had poor sleep. 24.9% slept less than the recommended 9 hours. Girls
were not as physically active. Bad news: Such less-than-healthy
habits worsened children’s hand-eye coordination and
attention. Positive] news: Better sleep quality enhanced reaction time in a visual attention test. (6)
Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc is here to help you make better choices, temper expectations, and make beneficial healthy
lifestyle goals.
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Make your Fort Wayne chiropractic
appointment now. A new year. A new resolution. Including
exercise as a new, healthy behavior will likely enhance your
health, sleep quality, cognition, and more.