Mood and Movement. Many studies have demonstrated improvement in depression with exercise. The reason is that movement drives a huge amount of brain activity. It’s how we’re wired. It’s one of the reasons that chiropractic care can have a huge impact on neurological function – with movement based treatments. The problem is often that the […]
What age should your child start football?
An interesting and frightening paper about youth football. We have seen in prior studies, the longer someone plays football, the greater their risk of CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy). A recent study looks at another factor, age the the player started playing football. It appears in this relatively small study of 211 autopsied brains with 84 […]
Exercise Improves Brain Inflammation
<Study> Exercise reduces levels of brain inflammation (IL6) in people with schizophrenia. Interestingly higher IL6 is associated with several other problems including… impulsivity, depression and feelings of hopelessness, cognitive decline, pain, diabetes/blood sugar elevations, asthma, fibromyalgia, arthritis, gut problems (like IBS), autoimmunity, allergies, food sensitivities, suicide, and more. Could exercise really help chronic disease? It […]
Health Quotes Of The Week
Quotes That Make Sense… 3 Health Quotes from the excellent book, “Why Isn’t My Brain Working? A revolutionary understanding of brain decline and effective strategies to recover your brain’s health” The book is written by Datis Kharrazian, a chiropractic neurologist and PhD researcher. He’s well known for his work in ‘functional medicine,’ as well as […]
Exercise Improves Brain Inflammation
Exercise Reduces Neurological Inflammation and Improves Mental Health Exercise reduces levels of brain inflammation (IL6) in people with schizophrenia in a dose dependent way. Interestingly higher IL6 is associated with so many other problems also and drives CRP (c-reactive protein, an inflammatory marker). This is just one example of exercise helping chronic disease. Could exercise […]
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