“Life is about movement - everything that is alive moves.”
(1)
What a great thing to remember!
No matter your age, you have
to move. As you grow older, you have to move more (than
you may want)! Life equals motion. Motion equals life. Researchers are really sharing
some great information on this fact that will inspire
us all (and our loved ones!) to move so that we can all grow old and grow old(er)
gracefully. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic and our Montreal chiropractic patients will all grow old better working together, exercising, moving, and meeting at the office for gentle Cox® treatment!
BED REST AND MOBILITY
Bed rest is not always best! It may be less
frightening than moving and be even a bit
soothing. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic will give you that! When hospitalized, there’s lots of bed rest, maybe even a bit too much for a patient’s
liking! A study of patients in an
acute care hospital ward uncovered information that inpatient
mobility was negligible despite their individual capacities to
move and desires to move. (1) It
is so important to keep acute patients - and those with new bouts of back pain and/or neck pain, too - moving so that
they can heal! Beneficially, acutely hospitalized older
patients improved their muscle strength and power while hospitalized using a personalized
multicomponent exercise program that integrated power
training in just 3 days! (2) In a review of the benefits
of exercise for frail older adults,
researchers stressed the importance of preserving
functional abilities for those who want to grow old gracefully.
They further emphasized that exercise and physical activity are good
to prevent of falls, hospital stays, improved
cognition, etc. Exercises from power training (yes – power training for older
folks!) to resistance training, balance exercises, aerobic training, walking,
etc. (3) Mobility is part of keeping frailty at bay, and
Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic encourages it!
FRAILTY AND MOBILITY
Those of us over 65 years old are said to be more prone to frailty, amplifying our risk of several adverse health issues, both cognitive
and physical. The hope we all have is that frailty is reversible.
Researchers have studied this issue by going over
published studies on this topic of frailty reversal. Luckily,
56.7% of the papers proposed that it is reversible (returning
a person who is frail/severely frail to a state of being just pre-frail or just mildly frail). (4) Those are hopeful
outcomes! One study said that frail and even “pre” frail older
patients showed better physical performance and function following
a short (6 week) facility-based exercise routine that
involved a walking-based high intensity interval training. 64% bettered
their frailty rating. Specifically, muscle power improved
by 47%, muscle strength rose 34%, and aerobic capacity by
19%. (5) And other bonuses with physical
activity in general: energy and a better emotional state! Frailty and aging are
more apt to lower energy levels and stated
fatigue and emotional distress. Moving and physical activity has been reported
to fight those feelings in older women as well as extend
life expectancy and cut back on some negative effects of a
sedentary lifestyle. (6) Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic thinks you’ll
concur that these are beneficial!
CONTACT Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Tom Menendez on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
details the effectiveness of the gentle
protocols of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management in treating the elderly.
Make your Montreal chiropractic
appointment soon. You’re alive. What a wonderful thing!
Celebrate that with some movement.