November 2019 Healthy News: Brain Care Tips from Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation
The brain is a amazing organ. It is like a computer for the body taking information in and sending information out every second of every day for each of Carrolltown human. Pain alters its function to protect the body. In chronic low back pain, pain the Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation sees 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 look at the brain function in such patients, researchers verified 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 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 evolving. It suggests that the changes occur in brain function with a call for more examination of said changes. (4) The potential for spinal manipulation to affect such issues is quite exciting to your Carrolltown chiropractor at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation and our Carrolltown 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 related to life enjoyment. Researchers report that exercise exerts influence on the brain and its processes. Physical activity of any sort is an economical and good way to boost brain health. The issue is which exercise is appropriate for each person? Researchers strive to understand how gender, genetics and other factors affect 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 choose, and enjoy life to keep your brain active and healthy!
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