There's a recent popular YouTube video that hits several healthy chiropractic high points: Vitamin D, activity, the dangers of sitting. It's fun and worth your time!
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Please note that Johnson Family Chiropractic will be closed on Monday, September 2, in observance of Labor Day.
The office will reopen on Tuesday, September 3, with normal business hours. Last fall, the New York Times Magazine featured a remarkable story about a number of elderly individuals on a small island in Greece. What made these folks so fascinating was their incredible longevity and quality of life: not only are they living longer than almost anyone else in the world, but their bodies are not undergoing the steep physical and mental decline that we tend to expect in the United States. The people of the island of Ikaria have not come up with an explanation for this phenomenon, and neither have researchers. We know that diet and exercise play a role, but researchers are also concluding that cultural values and community play an important role as well. Here's a short snippet from the article, but the whole thing is well worth your time: If you pay careful attention to the way Ikarians have lived their lives, it appears that a dozen subtly powerful, mutually enhancing and pervasive factors are at work. It’s easy to get enough rest if no one else wakes up early and the village goes dead during afternoon naptime. It helps that the cheapest, most accessible foods are also the most healthful — and that your ancestors have spent centuries developing ways to make them taste good. It’s hard to get through the day in Ikaria without walking up 20 hills. You’re not likely to ever feel the existential pain of not belonging or even the simple stress of arriving late. Your community makes sure you’ll always have something to eat, but peer pressure will get you to contribute something too. You’re going to grow a garden, because that’s what your parents did, and that’s what your neighbors are doing. You’re less likely to be a victim of crime because everyone at once is a busybody and feels as if he’s being watched. At day’s end, you’ll share a cup of the seasonal herbal tea with your neighbor because that’s what he’s serving. Several glasses of wine may follow the tea, but you’ll drink them in the company of good friends. On Sunday, you’ll attend church, and you’ll fast before Orthodox feast days. Even if you’re antisocial, you’ll never be entirely alone. Your neighbors will cajole you out of your house for the village festival to eat your portion of goat meat. Many young people are about to embark on their first year of college! This is an exciting and yet nerve-wracking season, preparing to be responsible away from home for the first time. If there's any one piece of advice that chiropractors can give to college freshman (besides sit up straight at your desk, like any student should), it is to exercise. There's a reason that young people fear the dreaded "Freshman 15", referring to the fifteen pounds that many college freshmen gain during their first year of college. The added stress of college, the availability of food, and a lack of exercise can cause added weight faster than you can say "Health Care 101". Exercise doesn't have to be formal, and it doesn't have to be all-consuming. Here's a great graphic on how and why to exercise regularly in your own dorm room, from TheBestColleges.org: October is National Chiropractic Health Month. Last year, the theme was sports. This year, the theme will be posture and activity, with a title of "Get Vertical". Here's the official word from the American Chiropractic Association: In October, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) will once again lead the country in celebrating National Chiropractic Health Month (NCHM). This year’s theme—“Get Vertical”—focuses on getting off the couch or out of the office chair, and standing or moving more each day. |
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