March 2024 Healthy News from Hollstrom & Associates Inc 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 completed in India found that balance tests (like a tandem test) could predict risk of cognitive impairment. (1) Chiropractic Cox® Flexion Distraction has been shown to enhance balance! (11) Cognition, taken for granted by most of us, is valuable and notably missed when it deteriorates with ageing. Males experiencing both neck and back pain had lower cognitive scores leading researchers to propose a potential association between spinal pain and later-in-life neurodegeneration. (2) Four chronic health conditions were described 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 cause of disability around the world. Spine and treatment of its issues like neck pain and back pain are the center of the chiropractic healthcare profession which uses spinal manipulation shown to deter back and neck pain via spinal mechanisms and potentially via peripheral mechanisms that regulate inflammatory responses. (4) Spinal manipulation may influence not only inflammatory but also cortisol levels after treatment. (5) Your chiropractor urges patients to avert chronic health conditions and offers spinal manipulation to decrease 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 address pain and inflammation.
Largo CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Ginseng for Cortisol, Aging, And Inflammation
Ginseng, a popular herbal supplement of many types, contains ginsenosides documented to be anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-fatigue, anti-obesity, anti-cancer, even anti-aging. (6, 7, 8) Aging is cellular, a deceleration of cell division and an avoiding of apoptosis (cell death) which involves DNA damage. The anti-aging effect of ginseng via its components - saponins, polysaccharides, and active peptides – tied to 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 deals with metabolic syndrome issues (high blood pressure, triglycerides, hyperglycemia, LDL, obesity, diabetes, etc.). (6) KRG suppresses inflammation-related genes in kidney, lung, liver, stomach, and colon and assists in autophagy (a natural process that cleans out unwanted or damaged components of cell) recovery. (10) We welcome a chat 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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