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New Roads Exercises Benefit Makes it a Good Resolution for All

New Year. New Resolutions. A good one is to exercise more. Exercise benefits young and old alike, increasing cognition, health, sleep quality, etc.. New Roads Chiropractic Center has confidence that adding New Roads exercise to your way of life is an advantageous behavior that ultimately enhances your life. Let’s get moving!

EXERCISE MOTIVATORS

Culture can be encouraging of physical activity…or not. Researchers evaluated 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 telling researchers and ultimately us clinicians to tailor exercise to the patient and his/her influences. (1) Share with New Roads Chiropractic Center what motivates you! Simple? Fast? At-home? Out of the house? Maybe some mindfulness? To enhance the exercise effort, including 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 analyzed the effectiveness of physical activity and mindfulness activities in averting mental health issues and concluded that it held promise. (2) New Roads Chiropractic Center appreciates those kinds 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? No! 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 dancing – ballroom, aerobic and Latin - as being beneficial. (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 found to bring back normal brain function. (4) That is what New Roads Chiropractic Center 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 suggested 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 linked to sleep duration, bedtime, and physical activity. 9.5% of kids reported poor sleep. 24.9% did not sleep more than the suggested 9 hours. Girls were less physically active. Bad news: Such unhealthy habits worsened children’s hand-eye coordination and attention. Positive] news: Better sleep quality enhanced reaction time in a visual attention exam. (6) New Roads Chiropractic Center 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.

Schedule your New Roads 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.

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