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by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Jun 19, 2018 | Health Articles
We all love movie soundtracks. The music can transport us right into the story and lift us high, allow us to cry, or give us reasons to hide under our covers in fear. Now just think about if our lives all had theme music playing in the background. In reality, the sound effects or theme music set by our bodies does allow us to hear what it would like us to address. For instance, if our stomach rumbles, we address our need for food. Now, what about those squeaks, pops, and groan sound effects that may be coming from our joints as we move?
Read on to learn more.
Not Jaws Just The Joints
My body is playing the theme of “Jaws?” If your mind has gone directly to playing the theme song in fear, do not fret, for musculoskeletal joint stiffness can come naturally with age and have a happy ending.
As we age gracefully, we may find that our shoulders, knees, and ankles are not as flexible as they used to be. It has become more difficult to bend over and pick up a dropped object. We may have also noted that it is uncomfortable to turn our head in order to see the car behind us in the next lane. Unfortunately, the shark bite is that left untreated our joints will get stiffer as we age not only from lack of motion but the natural process of decreased levels and increased density of synovial fluid. Joints such as the shoulders, knees, and ankles are lubricated and maintained by this synovial fluid. The synovial fluid keeps the joints moist, provides oxygen and nutrition, and washes away toxic end-products of the normal metabolic processes. If ignored, our joints will lose a significant amount of mobility. However, our lifeguard of good news is there’s plenty you can do to help prevent stiffening and can regain and retain much of your youthful flexibility, but only if you are willing to be active.
Lights, Camera, Action!
One way to combat such physiologic aging is to keep active. Unfortunately, this is a pretty big task for the people of today who spend the majority of their time plugged into virtual devices for work, entertainment, and even their exercise program.
First Step, let us create time for real-life, real-time exercise. Almost any type of exercise helps synovial fluid to become more available which allows the synovial fluid to be pumped into joint spaces and increases the lubrication into the joints. Exercise also raises the core temperature of the body, which subsequently decreases the viscosity of synovial fluid. The end product is increased joint flexibility. This benefit is, more often than not, experienced immediately. The benefit will be long-lasting, but only if you continue to exercise regularly.
Take Two!
Thirty minutes of exercise per day, five times a week, will help us maintain as much joint flexibility as possible. Switching between a cardiovascular exercise day and a strength training day is the optimal exercise program. Yoga can give a total body workout which uses cardiovascular exercise, strength training, and flexibility.
The types of exercise you do are not as significant as the long-term consistency of the exercise. Regular, vigorous exercise, will provide great benefit, not only will it improve your joint flexibility, but it will also help to improve your general health and wellness!
Ready To Help!
As we begin to get moving or have avoided moving due to the pain and restrictions you may need a helping hand.
Our healthcare can be that hand (or two) that you need. Our expert team is ready to help you with your joint challenges that may need a jump start to begin the healing process and be there all the way through the supervised rehabilitation program.
So if you are ready to launch, call us today so we can help you restore optimal function for the Oscar Winner, “It Can Be An Optimal Life.”
by Dr. Brandon Chorney | May 30, 2017 | Health Articles
April showers bring May flowers, but what can May flowers bring? That's right - possible back pain. As springtime gets under way, we head outside into the warm weather and begin the spring clean in our garden. We are invigorated by the warmth and begin tackling the garden in Gung-ho style. Although gardening can provide...
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by Dr. Brandon Chorney | May 16, 2017 | Health Articles
As we get older, we begin to find signs of age. Our skin is not as firm. We are not as flexible. We slow down and actually acknowledge we are in pain. But what happens when our joint pain begins to become so excruciating that we are limited in our day to day activities?
Unfortunately many choose the most invasive option first – surgery.
Alarming Statistics For Joint Replacement Surgeries
Over the last few decades, the number of total hip and knee replacement surgeries have been rising at an alarming rate. In the United States total hip and replacement, surgeries have increased more than 50% and 170%, respectively. Europe is also seeing similar rises for these procedures with some northern European countries reporting alarming statistics of between 170% and 500% increase over the last decade alone.
Many suggest that the increase in statistical numbers is primarily related to the increasing age of our population combined with accessibility and advancement of surgical procedures.
Of course, for those with unrelenting, daily pain these radical surgeries can appear to be a blessing. However with the level of risk associated with the procedures themselves combined with the fact that the occurrence of nosocomial infections is continuing to rise it is essential that we start taking actions today to help prevent these types of surgeries from continuing to grow in popularity.
When is Surgery An Option?
Most replacement surgeries are done when a patient reaches the point of severe and unrelenting pain caused by degenerative joint disease, which is also called osteoarthritis.
The hips, knees, and ankles are all weight bearing joints. These joints are big and strong and have many surfaces on which to distribute the substantial mechanical loads which are placed on them throughout the day. Unfortunately, these joints may not last forever and similar to many living systems when their age starts to show they begin breaking down. If this breaking down process progresses, the joint can become necrotic at which point a replacement is almost inevitable. However, there is significant research to suggest that this breaking down process can at the very least be slowed down and in many cases, it can be reversed.
One Step Forward – Two Back
By far the best way forward are the old reliable: regular exercise, as vigorous as is reasonably possible; a healthy diet containing plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables; and sufficient rest on as consistent basis as possible. Regular chiropractic care can also be a key component of helping to keep your weight bearing joints in peak condition and improve poor posture. Unfortunately, our health is often affected by our good habits which we do just a few more times less often than our poor lifestyle habits.
One is the ability to place our bodies in a poor posture for extended lengths of time. Chronic poor posture is a significant factor that results in abnormal movement patterns in these large joints and leaves them susceptible to degeneration. Unfortunately, our body doesn’t come with an instruction manual. So as time goes on, the inefficient habits we develop as children and teenagers can become permanent. We slouch, let our abdominal muscles sag, stand with all our weight on one leg, and noticeably our heads stick out in front of our shoulders rather than being centered over our chests. As a result is our neck, shoulders, and lower back muscles are chronically tight and painful. The domino effect is that the uneven distribution of the weight of the body ultimately causes restricted movements and degeneration of our hips and knees.
The second significant factor is poor dietary habits. You may not know this, but these large joints produce their own lubricating fluid. However certain nutritional deficiencies can result in essential nutrients not being available and thus poor production of the lubricating fluids. Lack of proper joint lubrication leads to osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis leads to pain in the joints when used for exercise. Lack of regular exercise inhibits normal joint motion, nutrition, and lubrication, resulting in the development of degenerative joint diseases. So when you add up faulty biomechanics, lack of a healthy diet, and lack of proper exercise, the result is a prescription for chronic hip and knee problems.
Ready To Help!
The best time to start addressing these issues is when you’re young and have healthy joints. That doesn’t mean that you at any age can’t get started, it just means that starting healthy lifestyle habits is easier to achieve when you are younger. But no matter if you are 9 or 90 the best time to begin making healthy changes is right now.
Call today and find out if we have a solution for you that could avoid surgery and help your body to adapt, restore function, recover faster, and continue better health from this point onward.
by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Apr 11, 2017 | Health Articles
Let's live healthier and more active longer. That alone has become the motto of our generations who may have reached our embracing years of our thirties and older. Our ability to want to play full out is fabulous as long as we maintain and take care our health and our bodies along the way. One...
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by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Nov 15, 2016 | Health Articles
Playoff Season is Here! If you are a sports fan, you know that the excitement of any sport's season can have our bodies filled with adrenaline and eager to relive the good ole days. If we have remained active and are in a conditioned state, the activities we attempt will be less taxing on our...
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