Richmond Exercises Benefit Makes it a Good Resolution for All
New Year. New Resolutions. A good one is exercise more. Exercise is beneficial for young and old alike, increasing cognition, health, sleep quality, etc.. Johnson Chiropractic trusts that adding Richmond exercise to your lifestyle 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 studied various 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 tailor exercise to the patient and his/her interests. (1) Share with Johnson Chiropractic what motivates you! Simple? Fast? At-home? At-gym? Maybe some mindfulness? To enrich the exercise effort, inserting mindfulness appears hopeful. 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 decided that it was promising. (2) Johnson Chiropractic 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? No! As the pharmacological world investigates new drugs to improve cognitive function in the aging folks, researchers have also described nutrition, diet, probiotics, cognitive training, and physical activity, exercise, even dancing – ballroom, aerobic and Latin - as being valuable. (3) Major motivators can be healthy lifestyle behaviors combined with chiropractic care. Treating and relieving chronic pain – linked to decreased brain gray matter and impaired cognitive function - was observed to restore normal brain function. (4) That’s what Johnson Chiropractic does: treat chronic pain with chiropractic care featuring 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 linked to sleep duration, bedtime, and physical activity. 9.5% of kids said they experienced poor sleep. 24.9% did not sleep more than the recommended 9 hours. Girls were less physically active. Sad news: Such less-than-healthy habits impaired children’s hand-eye coordination and attention. Good] news: Better sleep quality bettered their reaction time in a visual attention exam. (6) Johnson Chiropractic is here to help you make better choices, temper expectations, and make beneficial healthy lifestyle goals.
CONTACT Johnson Chiropractic
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.
Schedule your Richmond chiropractic appointment soon. A new year. A new resolution. Including exercise as a new, healthy behavior will likely boost your health, sleep quality, cognition, and more.
