We all have freedom to make choices about our health habits, and the decisions can sometimes be overwhelming.  Looking at research results can help you make the most beneficial choices. One choice that pays off is maintaining a healthy spine. This care improves quality of life and your ability to withstand injuries or illnesses, as well as occasional lapses in good lifestyle habits.

Eastern Oklahoma Chiropractic provides spinal and wellness care that helps you achieve balance in your spine and in living your best life.

Chiropractic Care’s Role in a Healthy and Balanced Lifestyle

Chiropractic care works hand-in-hand with your healthiest habits, sharing the same goals as tried-and-true best practices, such as:

Getting regular exercise. Moving every day reduces stress, helps you fight off illness, reduces pain, and improves mobility.

Eating well. Veggies, fruits, lean proteins, and whole grains boost your immune system, keep weight down, and improve energy. A well-aligned spine and healthy nervous system add value by helping your body process all those nutritious foods you’re eating.

Keeping your body pain-free with chiropractic adjustments. Chronic pain takes a huge toll on quality of life, slowing down your ability to exercise, think clearly, and avoid depression. With pain relief, many patients report that their overall health improves.

A healthy spine can enhance your nervous system function, relieve joint swelling, increase flexibility and strength, improve focus, and bring many other health benefits.

Chiropractic Maintenance Produces Lasting Improvement, Research Shows

A study of patients with chronic lower back pain explored the effectiveness of spinal manipulation therapy, with and without follow-up maintenance care.

Researchers divided patients into three groups:

• The placebo group receiving 12 sham spinal treatments during a one-month period
• The second group getting 12 authentic spinal adjustments in one month
• The third group also receiving 12 real chiropractic adjustments during that month, plus maintenance treatments every other week for the next nine months

The results showed that patients in the second and third groups, who got real spinal therapy, achieved lower disability and pain levels than those in the placebo group.

Best outcome: At a 10-month follow-up, only the third group that had been receiving maintenance care showed lasting improvements in their pain and disability levels.

The results were clear: single chiropractic treatments are effective; however, people who received chiropractic maintenance therapies had the best long-term improvements.

A Healthy Spine Improves Quality of Life

Once your spine is aligned, regular care helps to keep it working properly. Daily activities cause tension that can gradually shift vertebrae out of alignment. Picking up children, sleeping in the wrong position, sitting at a desk (or being on your feet) most of the day—these are just a few of the things that can throw alignment off.

Chiropractic care is conservative, preventive health care, focusing on wellness for body and mind and the balance you need to live your life to its fullest.

Contact Eastern Oklahoma Chiropractic for Your Complimentary Visit

To schedule your appointment at our Broken Arrow office, give us a call today at 918-940-4630.

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Most doctors, therapists, and trainers believe that muscle size represents the predominant reason for lack of strength or increased muscle exhaustion. Many people do not know that strength has much more to do with the impulse radiating from nerve signals to muscles than the volume of muscle fibers or size of a muscle. One of most important determinants of strength and endurance comes from the amount of electrical drive moving from the brain to the muscle. Research from 2015 showed that people who received just one Chiropractic adjustment experienced increases in electrical muscle activity readings of almost 60%. Strength measurements also increased by 16%.

No drugs or supplements specifically help an elderly individual increase strength, coordination, and balance. Some people make the valuable choice to begin weight training, movement programs, and better manage their weight. Too often the precautionary action taken by people afraid of serious, costly falls tends to be the limitation or conclusion of participation in activities and beloved hobbies.

Costly risks and dangers of falls include:

• One out of every five falls causes a serious injury such as broken bones or a head injury.

• 3 million older people visit emergency facilities annually due to falls

• 300,000 older people admitted to hospitals annually due to hip fractures

• More than 95% of hip fractures result from falling, usually falling sideways

• Falls represent the most common cause of traumatic brain injuries

• Total medical costs for falls reached more than $50 billion in 2015

Chiropractic adjustments improve communication between the nervous system and the body. Better central nervous system communication helps the brain become better aware of the body’s location and surroundings, improves strength to the muscles, and aids in coordination. All of these qualities help individuals better move and function in order to fulfill their life’s work and pursuits. Many older folks simply desire the ability to play with grandkids, be active, participate in hobbies, and avoid falls in terrain or conditions off the beaten path.

The study determined that Chiropractic adjustments produced a 45% increase in the drive from the brain to the muscle. The degree and efficiency needed for the brain to activate specific muscles improved dramatically. Studies continue to provide evidence as to why every aging adult deserves the education and access to regular Chiropractic care. The threat of dangerous falls robs so many people of life quality and opportunity. Chiropractic adjustments restore possibilities and hope for a future filled with fulfilling activity.

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