November 2019 Healthy News: Brain Care Tips from Old Mill Chiropractic
The brain is a magnificent organ. It is like the computer for the body taking information in and sending information out every second of every day for each of us humans in St Peters. Pain changes its function to protect the body. In chronic low back pain, pain the Old Mill Chiropractic sees daily, the brain’s dorsolateral prefrontal cortex diminishes in addition to brain gray matter reduction and cognitive ability impairment. Treating chronic pain is found to help the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex thicken after treatment. Research like this suggests that treating chronic pain can restore normal brain function. (1) Spinal manipulation benefits chronic low back pain sufferers with their anticipation of pain and fear of movement. Using MRI to study the brain function in such patients, researchers verified that spinal manipulation alters pain, expected pain, fear of exercise and movement as well as other related brain responses. (2) Further, chiropractic spinal adjustments were found to possibly modify central processing of pain and unpleasantness. (3) Naturally, research in this area of spinal manipulation effects on the brain and its function is advancing. It proposes that the changes happen in brain function with an appeal for more analysis of these changes. (4) The potential for spinal manipulation to affect such issues is quite exciting to your St Peters chiropractor at Old Mill Chiropractic and our St Peters chiropractic patients like you!
Listen to this Podcast with Dr. Nike Taylor on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about how the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management deals with chronic low back pain to improve sufferers’ quality of life.
TIP OF THE MONTH: Take Care of Your Brain
Brain health, physical ability, and sleep quality are linked to life enjoyment. Researchers report that exercise affects the brain and its processes. Physical activity of any sort is an economical and good way to promote brain health. The question is which exercise is best for each person? Researchers want to understand how gender, genetics and other factors impact brain function. (5) Sleep quality, mental health, and physical activity are shown to affect a person’s perceived quality of life. (6) Sleep, exercise as you like, and enjoy life to keep your brain active and healthy!
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