by Dr. Haque on March 13, 2010
20 benefits of regular exercise
As a personal training and chiropractic facility in the heart of Livermore, we try to promote to our patients and clients healthy living and wellness through regular spinal adjustments, healthy eating and regular exercise. This week’s blog lists the top twenty benefits to regular exercise:
- Elevates your metabolism so that you burn more calories everyday.
- Increases your aerobic capacity (fitness level). This gives you the ability to go through your day with less relative energy expenditure. This enables a “fit” person to have more energy at the end of the day and to get more accomplished during the day with less fatigue.
- Maintains, tones, and strengthens your muscle. Exercise also increases your muscular endurance.
- Decrease your blood pressure.
- Increases the oxidation (breakdown and use) of fat.
- Increases HDL (good) cholesterol.
- Makes the heart a more efficient pump by increasing stroke volume.
- Increases hemoglobin concentration in your blood. Hemoglobin is part of the red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.
- Decreases the tendency of the blood to clot in the blood vessels. This is important because small clots traveling in the blood are often the cause of heart attacks and strokes.
- Increases the strength of the bones.
- Causes the development of new blood vessels in the heart and other muscles.
- Enlarges the arteries that supply blood to the heart.
- Decreases blood levels of triglycerides (fat).
- Improves control of blood sugar.
- Improves sleep patterns.
- Increases the efficiency of the digestive system which may reduce the incidence of colon cancer.
- Increases the thickness of cartilage in joints which has a protective effect on the joints.
- Decreases a woman’s risk of developing endometriosis by 50%.
- Increases the amount of blood that flows to the skin making it look and feel healthier.
- Exercise, in addition to all the physiological and anatomical benefits, just makes you feel GREAT!
For more information on exercise, chiropractic or seek professional help with personal training contact us.
by Dr. Haque on March 5, 2010
To deal with stress and stay healthy there are three components-Physical, Mental and Chemical
The other day I went to La Petit Academy in Pleasanton to pesent to the employees on stress and wellness. As these women work long hours every day with kids from babies to children, they endure a lot of physical and mental stress.
I decided to present to them about the postive side of health as much of the time, our health care system is full of a lot of darkness and disease.
We know the importance of our physical well being. Without our chemical well being we could not digest our food and fight illness. However, we rarely consider our mental well being when searching for better health.
Below are some things to consider that will help you cope with the stress and strain of everyday life.
1. Life is 80:10:10. If you are a genuinely good and honest person you will find life to be 80:10:10. This means no matter what you do, or how you act, 80% of the people you meet will like you, 10% will think you are okay, and 10% will not like you. Even though the majority of people like us, human nature is such that we tend to put more emphasis on the negative 10% than we do on the positive 90%. So the next time something negative happens, just say, 80:10:10 and forget about it. It is not worth the worry.
2. Smile & Don’t Worry. Do not waste time worrying about things you can not control. About 95% of all the things we worry about never happen, and the 5% that do, are never as bad as we thought they would be. In the meantime, we spend days, weeks, months and even years of our lives worrying about things that never happen. If you can do something to make a difference, then do it. If you can not change the outcome, then forget about it and do not worry. What will happen, will happen, so make the changes needed, put it out of your mind and let it pass.
3. And This Too Shall Pass. Think about the worst thing that has ever happened to you. Did you live through it? Of course you did, otherwise you would not be here. When something terrible is happening, we think life is over and we will never be the same again. Later, when we look back, we realize it was not as bas as we though it was. Then we get to the point when we rarely think about it and life is back to normal. You have never been in a situation that you have not lived through. When things seem bad, just remember, And This Too Shall Pass!
For more information on stress workshops or managing stress email me at drhaque [at] haquechiropractic [dot] com
