November 2019 Healthy News: Brain Care Tips from Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
The brain is a marvelous organ. It is like the computer for the body processing input and sending output every second of life for each of us humans in Tonawanda. Pain affects its function to safeguard the body. In chronic low back pain, pain the Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation treats daily, the brain’s dorsolateral prefrontal cortex shrinks along with 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 expectation of pain and fear of movement. Using MRI to study the brain function in such patients, researchers documented that spinal manipulation has an effect on pain, expected pain, fear of exercise and movement in additional to other related brain responses. (2) Further, chiropractic spinal adjustments were found to potentially modify central processing of pain and unpleasantness. (3) Naturally, research in this area of spinal manipulation effects on the brain and its function is evolving. 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 influence such issues is quite exciting to your Tonawanda chiropractor at Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation and our Tonawanda 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 addresses chronic low back pain to better 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 state that exercise exerts influence on the brain and its processes. Physical activity of any type is a cost-effective and good way to boost brain health. The issue is which exercise is appropriate for each person? Researchers want to understand how gender, genetics and other factors affect brain function. (5) Sleep quality, mental health, and physical activity are shown to impact a person’s sense of quality of life. (6) Sleep, exercise as you like, and enjoy life to maintain your brain’s active state and health!
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