Toronto Exercises Benefit Makes it a Good Resolution for All
New Year. New Resolutions. A good one is ‘add exercise’. Exercise is good for young and old alike, increasing cognition, health, sleep quality, and more. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre believes adding Toronto exercise to your way of life 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 analyzed a variety of motivators for physical activity and exercise. Since being physically active is an act 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 adapt exercise to the patient and his/her influences. (1) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre has to find out what motivates you! Simple? Fast? At-home? Out of the house? Maybe some mindfulness? To boost the exercise effort, adding mindfulness appears promising. 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 looked at the effectiveness of physical activity and mindfulness activities in averting mental health issues and decided that it held promise. (2) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre 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 reported on nutrition, diet, probiotics, cognitive training, and physical activity, exercise, even Latin, ballroom, and aerobic dancing as being valuable. (3) Important motivators can be healthy lifestyle behaviors combined with chiropractic care. Treating and relieving chronic pain – linked to reduced brain gray matter and impaired cognitive function - was found to bring back normal brain function. (4) That is what Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre 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 participate in 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% slept less than the suggested 9 hours. Girls were not as physically active. Bad news: Such less-than-healthy habits lessened children’s hand-eye coordination and attention. Positive] news: Better sleep quality improved reaction time in a visual attention test. (6) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre is here to help you make better choices, temper expectations, and make beneficial healthy lifestyle goals.
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Make your Toronto 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.
