New Year. New Resolutions. A good one is exercise more. Exercise is good for
young and old alike, increasing cognition, health,
sleep quality, etc.. Pflugerville Wellness Center trusts that including Pflugerville exercise to your lifestyle is an advantageous behavior
that enhances your life in due course. Let’s
get moving!
EXERCISE MOTIVATORS
Culture can be supportive 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 detailed 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 customize exercise to the
patient and his/her interests. (1) Pflugerville Wellness Center has to find out what motivates you! Simple?
Fast? At-home? Out of the house? Maybe some mindfulness? To enrich
the exercise effort, including 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. A recent study examined the effectiveness of physical activity and mindfulness activities in averting
mental health issues and concluded that it was promising. (2) Pflugerville Wellness Center 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 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 found to
bring back normal brain function. (4) That’s what Pflugerville Wellness 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 lead
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 noted that behaviors
like breakfast eating, exercise, and sleep patterns influenced their
healthy lifestyle. Foregoing 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 not as physically active. Bad news: Such less-than-healthy
habits impaired children’s hand-eye coordination and
attention. Good] news: Better sleep quality enhanced reaction time in a visual attention test. (6)
Pflugerville Wellness Center is here to help you make better choices, temper expectations, and make beneficial healthy
lifestyle goals.
CONTACT Pflugerville Wellness Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Douglas Pettit on The Back Doctors Podcast with
Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes chiropractic care for back
pain due to a disc herniation with Cox® Technic on The Cox8 Table.
Make your Pflugerville chiropractic
appointment now. A new year. A new resolution. Adding
exercise as a new, healthy behavior will likely boost your
health, sleep quality, cognition, and more.