June sees Men’s Health Awareness Month- an important reminder that our partners, dads, and brothers need to look after themselves. It’s also a time to promote awareness for our men in providing healthy role models for our younger generation of upcoming men in the importance of self-care- in both physical and emotional health and wellbeing.
People, and men particularly, often think of chiropractic care only when they need pain relief. Lucky for those that know, there is much much more to chiropractic care! Here at Chiro Connect we pride ourselves on holistic care promoting healthy brain-body communication- aligning family health and wellbeing.
Here are 7 fabulous ways to promote a healthier you, and a healthier upcoming generation!
#1. Stress Management - Healthy body, healthy mind. Chiropractic care addresses the relationship between structure and function. Improving function of your brain and body reduces physiological stress, and may help you to manage other stresses better. We also notice changes in Heart Rate Variability (a global indicator of how much physiological stress your body is under- used by a lot of professional sports people), particularly in the calming parasympathetic nervous system indicators.
#2. Increased Muscle Strength - a single adjustment has been shown to improve muscle strength to the equivalent of three weeks training in the gym! Imagine the advantages of combining your gym training with regular chiropractic care… superstar in the making!
#3. Improved Posture - this one is simple. Look better, feel better. This also works in reverse though- feel better, look better. Lucky for you, chiropractic care helps in both ways!
#4. Improved Reaction Times - research shows chiropractic care enhances your reaction times. Better awareness of where your body is (one of the main benefits of chiropractic care) increases the efficiency of body movement, allowing faster reactions and reduces rates of injury.
#5. Health Advice - chiropractors have a 5 year full time university degree under their belts, with mandatory yearly learning to keep up to date. We cover a lot of topics through this training including nutrition and a full understanding of body mechanics and how your body can change and adapt. Being able to think outside the box a little means we can throw in other ideas for promoting your health and wellbeing, and/or enhancing your overall performance.
#6. Improving Pain - of course, as well as promoting overall health and wellbeing we will still look at areas of pain. Chiropractic care works not only on the joints, muscles and ligaments, but also changes your brain function to help with chronic pain.
#7. Improve your Golf Game! - Did you know that three quarters of professional golfers receive chiropractic care to help them play at their peak potential? Studies have shown that chiropractic care can help golfers to overcome injuries, may help your swing, and even helps to you to hit the ball further!
There are many other ways to look after your health, so whether with chiropractic care or not find, honour Men’s Health Awareness Month in your own way by looking at your own health. Are there changes that need to made? Do you need help looking at the foundations? How can you promote healthy beliefs and actions in your sons, grandsons, and nephews to help them in their future? Get in touch to find out more.
Health starts with You.