And so is (nearly) everyone else.
Between television, phone screen time, coding workshops, and wired school classrooms, many kids today are growing up sedentary.
While at the same time, research has shown that we understand more than ever the benefits of movement for children’s development –
For their physical health, their emotional health and ability to connect, and for their ability to focus and accomplish things in life.
And some are taking advantage of what is available more than ever before – records being broken, multisport athletes, access to learning any activity or skill…
But for the majority, the utility – and the temptation – of massive electronics use is also coming with a cost.
A recent 2017 study showed that today 19-year-olds are getting as much overall movement and physical activity as those already in their 60s. (1)
Another finding these researchers made was that the only time in life that showed increasing physical activity rates – starting from age 6 – was during the 20s. When overall activity rates increased for a period before dropping off again.
Permanently.
What did the researchers attribute this brief rise of movement in early adulthood – and then its subsequent drop off?
They stated that likely demands of work and family were responsible. Then after that?
The onset of pain, illness, and chronic disease.
At the same time, some people, a smaller subset, seem to ward off these signs of aging. And maintain high levels of longevity, enjoyment, appearance, and confidence with their bodies, much longer than others.
What is the difference?
The researchers didn’t speculate, but most likely it is due to the idea that these people simply didn’t stop…
…and also, weren’t afraid to seek out the help they needed to keep going.
And nowhere in all of this is there a bigger promoter of movement than chiropractic.
Your health can protect you from the over-commercialization of the holidays. More and more, we hear about how the holidays have turned into something different than what they used to be. Instead of the “true” meaning of Christmas and other holidays they have become about consumerization. Buying and selling and big online sales, they had taken over the season.
Your health can protect you from the over-commercialization of the holidays. More and more, we hear about how the holidays have turned into something different than what they used to be. Instead of the “true” meaning of Christmas and other holidays they have become about consumerization. Buying and selling and big online sales, they had taken over the season.
Has anyone told you you don’t need permission to be a superhero? Or that you don’t need someone to tell you it’s okay to help other people? There are some amazing stories of people that decided they didn’t want to wait to help the people around them that needed help. These were people that didn’t have advanced degrees or complicated certifications. What they did have was the sense of action and an overwhelming urgency to start making changes in the world around them.
It’s a classic phrase by Rene Descartes – one that is instantly recognizable. And it comes from a totally unrecognizable world – 1637.
Yet it is still true today. Descartes’ attempt to get to the very bedrock of what he was as a human being is worth looking at as we turn over into the new year. Especially as we examine the beginning of something new – a time when discussions turn to the entire idea of new, and what the idea of new creates – the vision of new possibilities.
Anti-aging is a trick. And like all tricks, it’s not real. We all slow down, grow old, and die. But like all tricks, when done well, they are amazing and fun. Here is how the trick of anti-aging can work for you.
Take the aging progression above and expand it all the way. From the time we are very young, we grow, get bigger, stronger, smarter and generally better at everything as we go.
Here is the solution to understanding an ever-more common anxiety-causing malady. And how the key to solving it is getting two things – knowing what it takes to get healthy – and the power of understanding how to choose the quickest line at the grocery store.
