March 2024 Healthy News from Apple Country Chiropractic Spine Pain, Aging, Cognition, Ginseng
AGING, COGNITION, CHIROPRACTIC
“Growing old isn’t for wimps!”
Aging presents its challenges from physical and functional issues like balance, motor control, coordination of sensory input, to cognitive function. A study done in India found that balance tests (think the tandem test) could forecast the risk of cognitive impairment. (1) Chiropractic Cox® Flexion Distraction has been shown to enhance balance! (11) Cognition, taken for granted by so many of us, is prized and particularly missed when it declines as we age. Males experiencing both neck and back pain had poorer cognitive scores leading researchers to suggest a possible association between spinal pain and later-in-life neurodegeneration. (2) Four chronic health conditions were reported to significantly raise the risk of spinal pain: cardiovascular 58%, hypertension 40%, diabetes 25%, obesity 34%. (3) Neck and back pain was listed as the leading reason of disability around the world. Spine and treatment of its issues like neck pain and back pain are the focus of the chiropractic healthcare profession which utilizes spinal manipulation shown to inhibit back and neck pain via spinal mechanisms and possible via peripheral mechanisms that control inflammatory responses. (4) Spinal manipulation may affect not only inflammatory but also cortisol levels after treatment. (5) Your chiropractor encourages patients to prevent chronic health conditions and offers spinal manipulation to lessen spine-related pain.
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about use of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management treatment protocols to take care of pain and inflammation.
Williamson CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Ginseng for Cortisol, Aging, And Inflammation
Ginseng, a well-liked herbal supplement of several varieties, containing ginsenosides documented to be anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-fatigue, anti-obesity, anti-cancer, even anti-aging. (6, 7, 8) Aging is cellular, a slowing of cell division and an avoidance of apoptosis (cell death) which involves DNA damage. The anti-aging influence of ginseng via its components - saponins, polysaccharides, and active peptides – lies in its ability to lessen DNA damage and delay aging and its related diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, type 2 diabetes, and chronic inflammation. (8) Red Korean Ginseng (KRG) offers anti-stress treatment, decreasing the stress response in neurotransmitters. (9) KRG addresses metabolic syndrome issues (high blood pressure, triglycerides, hyperglycemia, LDL, obesity, diabetes, etc.). (6) KRG stifles inflammation-related genes in kidney, lung, liver, stomach, and colon and assists in autophagy (a natural process that cleans out undesirable or injured components of cell) recovery. (10) We look forward to having a talk about how the aging process and other inflammatory issues may be involving you and if ginseng may be beneficial in your nutrition plan.
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