La Grande Exercises Benefit Makes it a Good Resolution for All
New Year. New Resolutions. A good one is ‘add exercise’. Exercise benefits young and old alike, boosting cognition, health, sleep quality, etc.. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC believes adding La Grande exercise to your way of life is a positive behavior that enhances your life in due course. Let’s get moving!
EXERCISE MOTIVATORS
Culture can be supportive of physical activity…or not. Researchers analyzed various motivators for physical activity and exercise. Since being physically active is a result 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 interests. (1) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC 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 encouraging. Researchers found though that many have misconceptions or no concept of what mindfulness is or how it is helpful 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 was promising. (2) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC 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 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 dancing – ballroom, aerobic and Latin - as being useful. (3) Important motivators can be healthy lifestyle behaviors mixed with chiropractic care. Treating and relieving chronic pain – related to reduced brain gray matter and impaired cognitive function - was observed to bring back normal brain function. (4) That’s what Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC does: treat chronic pain with chiropractic care incorporating spinal manipulation.
OLDER FOLKS AND YOUNG KIDS
Curious researchers took on the question of older adults’ goals, motivations, and self-determination motivators to lead a healthy lifestyle and do things 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. Not eating breakfast in the morning – 11% of kids in one study did this – was associated with sleep duration, bedtime, and physical activity. 9.5% of kids said they had poor sleep. 24.9% did not sleep more than the recommended 9 hours. Girls were not as physically active. Bad news: Such unhealthy habits worsened children’s hand-eye coordination and attention. Positive] news: Better sleep quality improved reaction time in a visual attention exam. (6) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC 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 describes chiropractic care for back pain due to a disc herniation with Cox® Technic on The Cox8 Table.
Make your La Grande chiropractic appointment today. A new year. A new resolution. Adding exercise as a new, healthy behavior will likely boost your health, sleep quality, cognition, and more.
