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100 Healthy Days™ Week 10- Personal Renewal, Life-Long Learning, and Surround Sound Support

March 8, 2021 by admin Leave a Comment

Taking responsibility for your health and lifestyle choices is vital to your and your family’s well-being. We love seeing our patients and practice members getting younger and healthier every year as they commit themselves to Chiropractic Lifestyle Care and healthy lifestyle choices. Learn to love the things that are good for you and make them a priority.

Support Yourself

Treat yourself the way you would want to be treated. Set an example for others. Apply the Three Life-Changing Principles to change the way you support yourself for an ideal 100 years.

Commit to your Personal Renewal Recipe

Once you know what works for you, make it a priority. Make these things your Human Potential Pattern and a part of your lifestyle. Define your early-morning renewal, midday renewal, and nighttime renewal. Do not compromise. Another thing you should not compromise on is your nutrition.

Listen to the 100 Year Lifestyle Podcast Episode 22, Food Synergy, and Plant-Based Nutrition For All Seasons.

Give and Receive

Be willing to give the people you love and care about the kind of support that they need, even if it is different from the kind of support you like for yourself. Ask for the ideal support that you need from your life partner.

Establish Surround Sound Support

Expand your support system using the Health Care Hierarchy, multiple circles, and multiple generations. Build your awareness of the support system you desire and the people and resources that are already in your life. Plug the most important relationships into your Quality Time Calendar in the next chapter.

Read more about establishing surround sound support in the 100 Year Lifestyle article, Surround Sound Support.

Balance Your Support System

If your current support system is great for a crisis but empty for quality of life, joy, knowledge, and health, spend time building and nurturing support in these areas. Embrace multiple generations and multiple circles of people. Step outside your current box. Make the time for the support you deserve.

Listen to the 100 Year Lifestyle Podcast Episode 23, Valuable Longevity Lessons From A 10-Year-Old. This episode, Valuable Longevity Lessons from a 10-year-old will move you and make you a better parent, daughter, son, spouse, and leader. It will move you to make the changes in your life that you know need to be made so that you make the most of every day and do not become a burden as you age.

Decide What You Want To Learn

Buy a book, enroll in a class, or attend a seminar. Make an appointment with an expert. Choose a mentor. Create a long list, since you will have plenty of time to experience it all. Become an expert in an area you are passionate about.

Be The Change We Wish to See in Others

We set the tone of our lives by attracting those who speak the same language. Luckily, we have thousands of languages to choose from, so choose a language that speaks your truth, and live your ultimate 100 Year Lifestyle!

Get your FREE 100 Healthy Days™ eBook & The 100 Year Lifestyle 2nd Edition PDF!

Click the link and follow the directions to receive your free eBook & PDF.

Join The 100 Year Lifestyle Community Group for more resources, support, & community!

100 Healthy Days™ Week 7- Building Your Ideal HEALTH Care Team

February 16, 2021 by admin Leave a Comment

Taking responsibility for your health and lifestyle choices is vital to you and your family’s well-being. We love seeing our patients and practice members getting younger and healthier every year as they commit themselves to Chiropractic Lifestyle Care and healthy lifestyle choices. Learn to love the things that are good for you and make them a priority.

Self-Care Resources for Consideration

100YearLifestyle.com and other websites
Sleep: Pillows, Mattress
Meditation: Apps, Websites and Headphones • i.e., BrainTapTech.com
Your Chiropractor
Your Nutritionist
Your Personal Trainer
Books and Seminars

Evaluate Your Current Health Care Team

When it comes to your health care, does your doctor or team of doctors have your back? Do you trust that your health care providers will guide you in the right direction?

Through this journey called health, are your doctors inspired to help you reach your health goals, or do you feel they are just doing a job, going through the motions to get paid?

Read which characteristics you should look out for from your healthcare providers in our article, Who’s Got Your Back?

Your Ideal Health Care Team

100 Year Lifestyle Affiliated Chiropractor
Nutritionist
Massage Therapist
Personal Trainer
Holistic Physician
Medical Physician

FitNESS

How would you like to perform at 100% for 100 years? How you perform as you age will depend on how you take care of your body every day along the way.

If you wait for a crisis or an injury to make your health a priority, then you have waited too long and will most likely suffer the consequences. Listen to the 100 Year Lifestyle Podcast Episode 14- Human Potential Geek Dr. Josh Handt Trains For 100 Mile Run Challenge. In this episode, Dr. Plasker interviews Dr. Josh Handt as he preps for his 100-mile race, and he is “not a runner”. They discuss human potential, explore possibilities and strategies to be your best you today that is also sustainable over the course of a lifetime!

Coordination, Balance, and Breathing

Proper posture, alignment, and nervous system function are directly related to balance eye movements and control over your breathing. Lifestyle chiropractic care and Pilates enhance the benefits of each. Chiropractic adjustments optimize your neurology and help balance your structure. Regular and consistent lifestyle chiropractic care will accelerate your overall body results from your Pilates routine.

Read more about how with strong and balanced support to your frame, your entire body moves better and maintains alignment longer on our 100YL article, Pilates, Balance, and Chiropractic.

Inflammation, Reduction, and Recovery

Chiropractic adjustments can help reduce harmful inflammation after grueling workouts while simultaneously boosting the immune system to help the body heal quickly.

The Compelling Principle

If you are going to make a change, make it with your long-term vision in mind. The quality of changes that you make today will improve the quality of your life not just today but over the long-haul.

Listen to our 100YL Podcast’s very first episode- Your 100 is Coming, You Make the Call. Dr. Eric Plasker talks about embracing the reality of your potential life expectancy and how to develop an exciting vision for your extended life!

Get your FREE 100 Healthy Days™ eBook & The 100 Year Lifestyle 2nd Edition PDF!

Click the link and follow the directions to receive your free eBook & PDF.

Join The 100 Year Lifestyle Community Group for more resources, support, & community!

The Hips Don’t Lie

March 2, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

The NFL’s 100th season ended with a spectacular Super Bowl game, a celebration of 100-year-old WWll veterans and a spectacular halftime show. Shakira and J-Lo delivered an exciting performance that had everyone talking!

Hips Don’t Lie

From a chiropractic perspective, Shakira’s hit song “Hips Don’t Lie” brought much of the symbolism together as the athletes, dancers, and 100-year-old heroes moved uniquely on the field. The health and alignment of their hips and pelvic area were centerstage and they will play a vital role in your ability to move, function, and enjoy your life.

Your pelvic area and hips are the foundation of your spine. When healthy, your ability to move at any age can be almost limitless. Unfortunately, almost everyone experiences trauma to this area resulting in unbalanced hips and structural compensations that lead to nerve pressure and accelerated deterioration.

Pregnancy, childbirth, learning to walk, childhood falls, slips, and excess sitting are just a few of the ways that your hips can become unbalanced. While symptoms are not always present right away, a simple posture test can give you an early detection wake up call so that you proactively address the issue.

When the hips are subluxated, stuck, and misaligned, the surrounding muscles, ligaments, and intervertebral discs are forced to pick up the slack from faulty movement patterns causing more damage over time. These compensations can cause problems throughout the entire body including the head, neck, and all the nerves supplied by these regions. And, in fact, problems in the upper neck can also impact the hips.

Pelvic Nerves Become Compromised

The areas of the nervous system located in the pelvic region supply your reproductive organs, genitourinary system, and lower digestive tract as well as the muscles and blood supply to the hips, legs, feet, and ankles.

Athletes who play soccer, tennis, basketball, and all other sports tend to feel these imbalances sooner than others because they place greater demands on their bodies. Unfortunately, these subluxations can lie dormant and asymptomatic for decades which can lead to more serious problems as you age. Weight gains and weight losses can exacerbate these underlying problems, ultimately compromising the nervous system.

Poor digestion, sexual dysfunction, chronic infections as well as postural deformities are only a small portion of the issues that chiropractors worldwide are naturally resolving by balancing the hips, eliminating nerve pressure, and getting the energy flowing throughout the body.

Chiropractic examinations should be performed during every stage of growth and development to catch and correct them early and keep your spine functioning optimally.

If you’ve ever seen an older person who was suffering from a lack of mobility, this is an indication of what happens when you allow small pelvic problems to become chronic.

Don’t wait for the inconvenient crisis and decay that these subluxations can cause. Prioritize the integrity of your spine and nervous system with a chiropractic examination and transition to Lifestyle Care.

Your hips are not lying to you! Schedule an appointment to get your spine and nervous system checked today!

Vacation Motivation

November 27, 2018 by admin Leave a Comment

“Ahhhh… Vacation!”
When we are young, vacation for most implies a laid back schedule filled with adventure, fun and “me” time. We dream about vacation for weeks. We can hardly wait. When the day arrives, we say goodbye to work, hello to fun, and exhale a contented sigh of “Ahhhh… Vacation!”

Take A Vacation Quiz
As the pressure of life grows, it becomes easy to lose sight of the purpose for vacation and let our lives get out of balance. What motivates you now to take vacation time? When you think of your vacation days which of the following applies to you or someone you know?

A.) Vacation is well-deserved time off to reconnect with family and friends and to physically and emotionally rejuvenate. I take vacations regularly.

B.) Vacation days are like money in the bank because I can buy the unused time from my employer at the end of the year. I try not to use all of my weeks.

C.) I am saving my vacation days because I have used or probably will use up all of my sick days this year. I wish I had more vacation days left.

D.) Are you kidding? I can’t take a vacation right now. There is too much at stake!

If you chose the first one for your usual response to vacation, good for you! Enjoy your vacation. You deserve it!

If you chose any of the other responses, you are looking at vacation time in an unhealthy way. Regularly using your vacation days for anything other than their intended use means you may be heading towards a crisis. There are times when unexpected reasons arise and you’ll need to take time off; however, waiting to schedule vacations based upon “what if” is not a good way to plan out your calendar.

Quality Time Living
The 100 Year Lifestyle model of time is Prime Time, Prep Time and Play Time. Together these make up Quality Time Living, an important part of Lifestyle Care. Play Time is taking planned time off. It has many benefits and may help prevent forced time off as a result of a health crisis. Just like people who make the Critical Transition to Lifestyle Care with their chiropractic care often experience higher levels of health consistently, the same is true with people who plan for and build vacations into their lifestyle.

Vacations may help you live longer – A study by the State University of New York at Oswego that surveyed 12,000 men between ages 35 and 57, found that men who go on vacation every year reduce their overall risk of death by 20 percent. The Framington Heart Study indicates women who regularly take time off have a 50 percent lower risk for heart attack.

Vacations can raise energy levels – Experts from the University of Pittsburgh and Radboud University both said that people had more energy and felt more satisfied with life on vacation.

Vacations free your mind – The author of “How To Succeed In Business…” Robert Kriegel says that many workers get their best ideas away from work and Los Angeles psychologist, Robert Butterworth told ABC, “The break will allow you to refresh your brain cells.”

Vacations can strengthen relationships – A Wisconsin Medical Journal published findings that women who take two or more vacations a year are less likely to be depressed, tired, or unhappy with their marriage.

If you still believe you can’t take a vacation and there is too much at stake, in one way, you are right. There is too much at stake: the toll on your long term vitality, health, and energy. Stress affects everyone differently. It is well documented that high levels of stress can contribute to heart disease, cancer, digestive issues, and sleep deprivation. Stress can elevate cortisol levels and reduce the strength of your immune system. These are just a few conditions from a long list that can slowly sneak up on you over time or dramatically surprise you with the speed of their impact in your life. If you use up all your sick days then have to dip into your vacation days, where is the win?

You have the choice. What’s your vacation motivation going to be? Go ahead, adjust your lifestyle and take a vacation. You deserve it!

Recommended Vacation Reading: The 100 Year Lifestyle Second Edition, available now on Amazon.com

References from www.businessinsider.com and from www.prevention.com

The Bookends of Fitness

November 26, 2018 by admin Leave a Comment

At the start of a brand new year, “fitness” is the buzzword. Every year millions of people begin exercise programs with the goal of getting themselves back into shape. The 100 Year Lifestyle model incorporates an acronym into the buzzword: FitNESS. It stands for Neurology, Nutrition, Endurance, Strength, and Structure.

To ensure that your fitness experience is a positive one and that you reach your short and long term goals, you must consider the bookends of fitNESS.

Neurology comes first for a reason. Muscles are attached to bones and controlled by nerves. Your nervous system controls and coordinates all of your conscious and unconscious functions, including your muscles, organs, and systems. You must have a healthy nervous system for your heart to beat, your lungs to breathe, and your balance to be stable. This is why many of the top athletes in the world utilize chiropractic care as the central part of their fitness program.

Nutrition comes next. It is true that you are what you eat. Consuming a diet filled with organic fruits, organic vegetables, and lean proteins, and very low in sugar, white flour, white rice, and pasta should be your lifestyle, not just a weight-loss crash. This will sustain you, not just while getting into shape, but as you stay in shape. It’s making your new shape your lifestyle.

Endurance develops through cardiovascular exercise, which includes walking, running, bike riding, and ellipticals that will increase your heart rate and strengthen your cardiovascular system. Start slow and steady, and be consistent. As time goes on increase the frequency, intensity, and duration of your endurance training.

Strength gives you confidence, and is necessary if you want to be independent as you age. Whether you use weights or you do strength training through Pilates or other types of plyometric training, it is important to keep yourself strong as a part of a lifestyle.

Structure is the other bookend when it comes to your 100 Year Lifestyle fitNESS plan. Having a healthy, straight, strong spine is vital to your quality-of-life and fitness in the short and long-term. This is another reason why chiropractors have become the central figure in the healthcare team for millions of people, including the U.S. Olympic Team.

Based on research and statistics, it’s true that you will probably live longer than you ever thought. If you want to get there in style with health and vitality, you must make your lifestyle fitNESS a priority. Any time of year is the right time to shift to a lifestyle of fitNESS and enjoy the journey on your way to a sensational century.

Pilates, Balance, and Chiropractic

November 19, 2018 by admin Leave a Comment

The health of your brain, body, and mood is dependent on the health of your spine! Neurology and structure are the bookends of fitness, allowing for optimal endurance, strength, and flexibility [1].

Alignment and Overall Health

Certified PMA Pilates Instructor and owner, Deb Mandeville-Bowen of Bend Pilates in Bend, Oregon, says, “Pilates increases flexibility, strength, balance, lung capacity, endurance, bone density, and energy while developing body awareness.” A research study on Pilates also found that a 60 minute Pilates exercise program improved mood in sedentary women and improved their psychological health after only ten weeks of exercise [2].

Core Strength and Alignment

Lifestyle chiropractic care and Pilates enhance the benefits of each. Chiropractic adjustments optimize your neurology and help balance your structure. Regular and consistent lifestyle chiropractic care will accelerate your overall body results from your Pilates routine.

Strengthening and lengthening your core muscles with a regular Pilates routine provides postural support and reduces stress on the spine and weight bearing joints. With a strong and balanced support to your frame, your entire body moves better and maintains alignment longer. Pilates exercises work deeply in the body and mind through concentration, breathing, and controlled movement. This allows energetic alignment between the mind, body, and breathing patterns.

Conditioning and Core Strength

Pilates was developed by Joseph Pilates in the 1920s and focuses on the development of core musculature, including the abdominal muscles, the low back, inner and outer thigh, and gluteal muscles [3]. A personalized Pilates workout engages smooth, integrated movement patterns and increases strength and flexibility.

A research study was performed on active middle-aged men and women engaged for just a few weeks in a Pilates exercise. The results were increased abdominal endurance, hamstring flexibility, and upper-body muscular endurance [4]. Muscle strength is imperative to the natural aging process through improvements in everyday body movement, gait, balance, and posture [5].

Chiropractic adjustments align the spine, improve range of motion, posture, and work deep in your neurology to allow proper communication between the brain and the entire body. Roger Sperry, a Nobel prize winner on brain research, found that 90% of the stimulation and nutrition to the brain is generated by movement of the spine. Misalignments and restricted motion in the spine, called vertebral subluxations, cause interference in the nervous system and increase stress hormones in your body, leading to a variety of dysfunctions, including decreased immunity, digestion problems, infertility, lack of focus, and low energy [6].

Chiropractic adjustments restore your body to its natural rhythm in so it is better able to adapt to stress and maintain health. Research has revealed that chiropractic adjustments increase plasticity, or re-wiring, in the brain which allows your brain to adapt to the experiences of life at any age. Get your structure checked today to optimize your fitness routine and overall health!

References:
1. Plasker E. The 100 Year Lifestyle. 1st ed. Avon, Mass.: Adams Media; 2007.
2. Tolnai N, Szabo Z, Koteles F, Szabo A. Physical and psychological benefits of once-a-week Pilates exercises in young sedentary women: A 10-week longitudinal study. Physiology & behavior. 2016 Sep 1; 163:211-8
3. Pilates J, Van Heuit-Robbins L, Robbins J. Pilates Evolution: The 21st Century. Ashland, Or.: Presentation Dynamics Llc; 2012.
4. Kloubec JA. Pilates for improvement of muscle endurance, flexibility, balance, and posture. The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research. 2010 Mar 1;24(3):661-7.
5. Gleberzon BJ, Annis RS. The necessity of strength training for the older patient. The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association. 2000 Jun;44(2):98.
6. Korr IM. The spinal cord as organizer of disease processes. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 1976 Sep;76(1):35-45.

Contributed by Dr. Sarah Powers

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