Santa Barbara Chiropractor: Without chiropractic, life is pretty dim.

Ever have one of those days where you just don’t feel as bright as you should? Your diet’s good, you’re getting enough exercise but for some reason you still feel drained and unproductive. Maybe it’s time for a trip to the Chiropractor…

Think of your Nerve System as electrical wires and your body a 100 watt light bulb connected to it. When the wires are clear and electricity flows freely, your bulb glows to 100 watts. But if power is restricted in the wires, your bulb dims. Chiropractors call it being Subluxated or in a ‘state of less light/less energy.’ And the only thing that can ‘light you up’ again is a specific, loving Chiropractic Adjustment.

Eating properly and getting enough exercise is important, but you’ll never shine to your full potential if you’re Subluxated… and you can’t afford that. The world needs you beaming at 100 watts. So don’t wait until your light’s completely out… get adjusted and shine bright with regular Chiropractic care!

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“One Down…The Rest of Your LIFE to Go!”

The Santa Barbara Chiropractor Weekly Sticky: How many healthy meals does it take to lose 20 lbs? Or how many miles on the tread- mill does it take to shed 5 inches? Obviously it takes more than one, and you’ve got to stick with it to maintain the results. Well, the same goes for your chiropractic care.

It takes more than one adjustment to change your state of health. It’s true, the body has a greater potential to improve even after just one adjustment. But like eating well and exercising, you achieve lasting results only with repetition and consistency.

So how long should you stick with your new diet regimen, exercise routine or spinal maintenance plan? The answer is, as long as you want to be healthy… and hopefully that’s for the rest of your Life. In the world of fitness, healthy eating and Chiropractic, there’s no such thing as ‘one and done.’ You’ve got to stick with it to reap the rewards.

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Your Nerve System is the ultimate sponge, soaking up all the experiences, sensations and stresses you encounter every day. Like a sponge, it can only absorb so much before it becomes over-saturated and spills stress into your body. The result… PAIN, SICKNESS and WEAK PERFORMANCE!

The best thing you can do to prevent Nerve System Over-Saturation is to get checked by your Chiropractor regularly and adjusted when necessary. Adjustments gently “wring out” accumulated tension in your Nerve System before it has a chance to build up and affect your health negatively.

If you’re feeling super-soaked from the stress of Life, bring your saturated nerves to the Chiropractor for some TLC. You’ll experience more energy, improved sleep and a better overall feeling of wellness if you do.

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Your doctor says you have arthritis in your spine and you’re concerned with how it got there. Was it from the physical stress of your job? The 15 years of league bowling? Or maybe the accident you had when you were a teenager? It’s hard to tell.

When it comes to arthritis the real problem isn’t what you DID, but what you HAVEN’T BEEN DOING.    Joints wear down faster when they’re ‘stuck’ and misaligned. That’s why it’s important to keep them lined up and moving with chiropractic adjustments.

Blaming the activities in your life for your arthritis is like blaming the sidewalk for scuffing your shoes. Things naturally wear down when you use them over time, including your spine. Instead, focus more on prevention with regular maintenance care.

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Santa Barbara Chiropractor weekly health news alert: This article discusses another music and dementia connection: instrumental music playing, even as a beginner, might help shield the brain from dementia related ailments.

Researchers had 70 peo­ple ages 60 to 83 per­form a vari­ety of tests to mea­sure visu­ospa­tial mem­ory, abil­ity to name objects, the brain’s abil­ity to adapt to new infor­ma­tion […] those who had engaged in musi­cal activ­ity for 10 years or longer scored sub­stan­tially bet­ter than those with no musi­cal activ­ity in their past. The longer peo­ple play instru­ments, the more ben­e­fits they may derive. All were ama­teurs who had started play­ing when they were 10 years old. The rela­tion­ship between cog­ni­tive skills and years of musi­cal activ­ity held up whether the musi­cians were cur­rently involved in mak­ing music or not.

This piece of writing  calls attention to the an connection betwixt and between producing music and intellectual attainments, that does not connote a provenience  consequence. It is not entirely clear how playing a musical instrument improves the brain. There are parts of the brain of a pro musician that are different than a non-pro.  It is implied that musical instrument playing enhances nueroplastic alterations in the brain.  These differences appear to help the brain cognitive function and are nueroprotective.
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Santa Barbara Chiropractor Weekly Health Alerts: Millions of Americans may be falsely classified as having high blood pressure, according to this study. Brent Taylor and his colleagues from the VA hospital in Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota. Their findings show no difference in mortality rates when compared with those of people with ‘normal’ blood pressure, less than 120/80.

In the Journal of General Internal Medicine, which is published by Springer, the article written by Taylor and his colleagues reveals that diastolic blood pressure more accurately predicts mortality in people under 50 while systolic blood pressure is the more accurate predictor in those over 50. The authors agree that the time has come to redefine “normal” blood pressure levels.

Taylor examined the contribution of diastolic blood pressure alongside his colleagues. (DBP) Along with systolic blood pressure. (SBP) This will affect your mortality and relationships.

The authors reviewed the National Health and nutrition Examination Survey, which enrolled participants from 1971 to 1976 and observed them for twenty years. Using the data from 13,792 of the participants, the authors focused on DBP, SBP and long-term survival.  Taylor’s team studied data on 6,672 adults examined during a study which ran from 1959 to 1962, carried out during the first National health Examination Survey, seeking the distribution pattern of untreated blood pressure in adults in the US, sorted by age.

Just measuring SBP, they found that people over 50 with levels over 140 were more likely to die a premature death. A DBP above 100 is linked to increase in premature death  specially in those below the age of 50. The authors want a redefinition of ‘normal’ blood pressure levels.

Dr. In conclusion, Taylor stated that their findings showed that the method of defining “normal blood pressure” would have an impact on millions of Americans. He asked if the condition should be defined as “abnormal” even though they were unable to obtain reliable results in a study that followed a large group of individuals for almost 20 years. He went on to say “this kind of approach” is critical to ensuring that only people with elevated risk factors and those most likely to benefit are given diagnoses.

*Diastolic pressure is the lowest measurable pressure within the bloodstream. This is when the heart relaxes. The highest pressure in the bloodstream is called the systolic blood pressure and it happens each time the heart beats. This is when the heart contracts.

Santa Barbara Chiropractic Weekly health Updates:

exercise slows many of the degenerative issues that result from aging. This definitely seems to be the result of alterations in a multitude of biological functions and systems — exercising in fact adjusts the operation of your metabolism, which makes it work much better.

There are lots of proposed mechanisms for the effects of exercising, including:

 * The induction of heat shock proteins
 * Boost in cardiac antioxidant capacity
 * Expression of endoplasmic reticulum stress proteins
 * Anatomical and physiological modifications in the coronary arteries
 * Changes in nitric oxide creation
 * Adaptational changes in cardiac mitochondria
 * Improved autophagy
 * Improved function of sarcolemmal and/or mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channels

Santa Barbara chiropractic Weekly health Alerts:

Hit the sack an hour earlier before switching to daylight saving time this weekend, expert says. Worried that your potential sleep patterns will be disrupted when the clocks move ahead 60 minutes this weekend? The key is getting enough sleep in advance, says one sleep expert. First, be certain you’re well rested prior to the switch to daylight savings time on March 13, advises Dr. Aparajitha Verma, medical director of the Sleep Disorders Center at the Methodist Neurological Institute in Houston.

One method to do that is to start switching your sleep habits in the days before the time change; for example, start getting up and going to sleep at least an hour earlier, Verma said.

You can also take a nap on Sunday afternoon if you feel you need to and you’ve got enough time. But avoid napping within a couple of hours of your regular bedtime because that may disrupt your nighttime sleep, she added.

As you try to adapt to the time change, understand that certain persistent problems may indicate a more serious sleeping disorder. Included in this are: remaining awake after 30 minutes of trying to go to sleep; excessive daytime sleepiness; or sleeping for seven or even more hours and waking up tired.

If you experience such problems, you might want to consider participating in an overnight study at an accredited sleep study center. Verma suggested.

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SOURCE: Methodist Neurological Institute, news release, March 7, 2011