A Tip for Brain health

Aerobic exercise leads to increased blood flow in the brain and reduced levels of phosphorylated tau protein levels in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and prediabetes.

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Get Movin!!

Stay moving!

Mobility | WOD, Cross Fit and staying injury free

I have recently applied and was accepted as a provider for Kelly Starrett's Mobility WOD NETWORK.
www.mobilitywod.com

Check out his Utube channel. 

Set an appointment with me for treatment and keep your fitness level at an optimum.

If you are into Cross Fit workouts in South Tulsa or Broken Arrow then give me a shout. 

Be sure to save my clinic info in your contacts. 

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918.249.1535

1605 S. Eucalyptus ste. 100 

Broken Arrow  74012 

86th St. And Garnett

Berkshire Medical Plaza

A Poor Motive for Working

Facebook: "Inertia
The most indirect motive for working is inertia. With inertia, your motive for working is so distant from the work itself that you can no longer say where it comes from—you do what you do simply because you did it yesterday. This leads to the worst performance of all. … As destructive and insidious as it is, inertia is surprisingly common in the workplace."



Change it up.  Give it a fresh perspective.



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Chiropractor in Broken Arrow

918.249.1535



'via Blog this'

The Difference Between Healthy and Unhealthy Individuals:

It doesn’t matter what you are trying to become better at, if you only do the work when you’re motivated, then you’ll never be consistent enough to reach the quality of life you desire.

The ability to follow your prescribed treatment plan, stick to the schedule, and do the prescribed home therapies — especially when you don’t feel like it — is so valuable that it is literally all you need to become better 99% of the time.

I’ve seen this in my own experiences…as well as observing it in my practice.

When I don’t miss workouts, I get in the best shape of my life.  When I travel and take my camera out every day, I take better photos.  When I prepare my own meals my G.I. tract is so happy.

It’s simple and powerful. But why is it so difficult?

The Pain of obtaining quality of life:

Approaching your goals — whatever they are — with the attitude of a quality of life isn’t easy. In fact, being a healthy is painful.

The simple fact of the matter is that most of the time we are inconsistent. We have goals that we would like to achieve and dreams that we would like to fulfill, but we only work towards them occasionally; when we feel inspired or motivated or when life allows us to do so. It’s just easier that way.

I can guarantee that if you set a schedule for any task and start sticking to it, there will be days when you feel like quitting. When you start a business, there will be days when you don’t feel like showing up. When you’re at the gym, there will be sets that you don’t feel like finishing. When it’s time to prepare food for the week there will be time restraints and distractions.  But stepping up when it’s annoying or painful or draining to do so, that’s what improves quality of life.

Quality of life requires sticking to a schedule.  Unhealthy individuals let life get in the way. Healthy individuals know what is important to them and work towards it with purpose, Unhealthy individuals get pulled off course by the urgencies of life.

You’ll Never Regret Starting a treatment plan.

Some people might think I’m promoting the benefits of being a workaholic. “Professionals work harder than everyone else and that’s why they’re great.” Actually, that’s not it at all.

Quality of life is about having the discipline to commit to what is important to you instead of merely saying your health is important to you. It’s about starting when you feel like stopping, not because you want to train more, but because your goal is important enough to you that you don’t simply go through the motions when it’s convenient.  Quality of like is about making your priorities a reality.

There have been a lot of sets that I haven’t felt like finishing, but I’ve never regretted doing the workout. There have been a lot of unhealthy food choices I have declined when I haven’t felt like cooking, but I’ve never regretted eating healthy. There have been a lot of days I’ve felt like relaxing, but I’ve never regretted waking up and working on the different facets of a healthy life that are important to me.

Becoming a healthy doesn’t mean you sacrifice all things. It means that you’re going to be proactive and put forth effort to reach the quality of life you desire— especially when you don’t feel like it — instead of playing the role of the victim and letting poor health happen to you.

How to Become a Healthy

Obtaining and maintaining quality of life like a pro isn’t easy, but it’s also not as complicated or difficult as you might think. There are three steps.

1. Decide what you want improve.

Purpose is everything. If you know what you want, then getting it is much easier.  Hopefully your purpose in seeking treatment with me is to improve your condition.  This sounds simple, but in my experience even people who are smart, creative, and talented rarely know exactly what they are working for and why.

2. Set a schedule for your actions.

Once you have identified what is required of you to heal , set a schedule for actually doing it.

Note: Don’t make this mistake, which is setting a schedule based on results. Don’t map out how much weight you want to lose each week or how miles you want to run this week.   To “lose 5 pounds” is not an action you can perform. “Do three sets of squats” is an action you can perform.  Or it might require you to modify your training or activities to promote the best environment to heal.  I often prescribe decreasing the intensity, duration, frequency by 50 % until your condition has improved to a Stage I.

You want to set a schedule based on actions you can do, not results that you want.

3. Stick to your schedule for one week.

Stop thinking about how hard it will be to follow a schedule for a month or a year. Just follow it for this week. For the next 7 days, don’t let distractions get in the way.

Setting a schedule doesn’t heal your condition, following it does. Don’t be a runner.  Be running.  Don’t be a lifter, be lifting.  For one week, do the things you want to do without letting life get in the way. If life gets in the way then next week start again.

To your BEST health,

drshawnie

www.drshawnie.com

918.249.1535

Does exercise keep your brain healthy? Yes it does!

How do you stimulate your lymphatics to purge?  What about old fashioned 'get movin' to purge your lymphatics?


http://www.washingtonpost.com/rweb/politics/brain-drain-missing-link-discovered-in-the-brain/2015/08/17/03df9332-44ef-11e5-8ab4-c73967a143d3_story.html

Success and your mindset, "FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT"

“Fake It Until You Make It”
There is a bidirectional connection between your mindset and your success.
For example:  If you're wanting to be healthier then ask yourself what would a healthy person order from a menu? Then choose to order it!

BE AN INFORMED PATIENT PRE-TREATMENT

As a patient it is your responsibility and right to know your diagnosis, treatment options/alternatives, risks and that you get to make the decisions.

There are seven basic elements of informed consent.

·         The patient knows that they have a role in the decision.

·         Discussion of the issue and decision at hand.

·         Discussion of the alternatives.

·         Discussion of the pros and cons of the alternatives.

·         Discussion of the uncertainties.

·         An assessment of the patient's understanding.

·         Exploration of patient preference.

Elements of the discussion affected patient choice. If patients knew they had a role in the decision, they were fivefold more likely to avoid intervention. Simply exploring alternatives led to a 10-fold greater chance patients would choose no intervention. And if uncertainty was mentioned, patients were 20 times more likely to choose medical therapy without diagnostics. The presence or absence of symptoms did not affect the decision. Overall, better-informed patients were less likely to choose invasive procedures.

The research team noted the power of the physician. When the physician recommended intervention (49 of 59 cases), 90% of patients followed the recommendation. When the physician recommended no intervention (six of 59), all patients chose not to have it, and in four cases where the physician made no specific recommendation, all patients chose no intervention.

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