New Year. New Resolutions. A good one is ‘add
exercise’. Exercise is beneficial for
young and old alike, increasing cognition, health,
sleep quality, and more. Spine & Sports Rehab Center believes adding Baton Rouge exercise to your lifestyle is a positive behavior
that enhances your life in due course. 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 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 customize exercise to the
patient and his/her influences. (1) Tell
Spine & Sports Rehab Center what motivates you! Simple?
Fast? At-home? At-gym? Maybe some mindfulness? To enhance
the exercise effort, adding mindfulness appears encouraging.
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 examined the effectiveness of physical activity and mindfulness activities in averting
mental health issues and concluded that it held
promise. (2) Spine & Sports Rehab Center 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? Of course
not! 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) Significant motivators can be healthy lifestyle
behaviors combined with chiropractic care. Treating and relieving
chronic pain – associated with decreased
brain gray matter and impaired cognitive function - was found to
restore normal brain function. (4) That is what Spine & Sports Rehab Center
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 lead
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 observed 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 associated
with sleep duration, bedtime, and physical activity. 9.5% of kids
reported poor sleep. 24.9% slept less than the recommended 9 hours. Girls
were less physically active. Sad 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)
Spine & Sports Rehab Center is here to help you make better choices, temper expectations, and make beneficial healthy
lifestyle goals.
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Schedule your Baton Rouge 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.