Video: Lengthen Your Spine on the Wall
Check out this video for a quick exercise to help add length and space along your spine, reducing tightness and tension in key areas for most people.
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Research: Effects of Chiropractic on Strength and Body Control in Athletes
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This article shows that a single chiropractic adjustment can enhance lower leg strength and brain-muscle connection in elite Taekwondo athletes.
A growing body of research that suggests chiropractic’s main effect is neuroplastic in nature and affects corticospinal excitability (Haavik-Taylor and Murphy 2007; Haavik and Murphy
2012; Lelic et al. 2016; Haavik et al. 2017).
Changes in both cerebellum (Daligadu et al. 2013) and prefrontal cortex (Lelic et al. 2016) function have been implicated postspinal adjustment in previous research studies.
The presence of mild, recurrent spinal dysfunction has been shown to be associated with maladaptive neural plastic changes, such as alterations in elbow joint position sense (Haavik and Murphy 2011), mental rotation ability (Baarbé et al. 2016),and even multisensory integration (Farid et al. 2017).
Furthermore, spinal manipulation of dysfunctional spinal segments have been shown to impact somatosensory processing, sensorimotor integration and motor control (Haavik-Taylor and Murphy 2007; Taylor and Murphy 2008, 2010a, b; Haavik and Murphy 2011, 2012; Haavik et al. 2017).
Thus, it is likely that mild spinal dysfunction alters CNS function that impacts motor control.
- This is an important point: even if these athletes are not in pain, and have only ‘mild’ subluxation/misalignment/restriction/interference in their neuropspinal systems, they still see an increase in strength when adjusted into a more optimal neurological state! Very cool!
Dr. Andrew Huberman Settles Hot Takes on Cold Plunging
Dr. Huberman breaks down the science behind cold exposure in this video, covering gender differences, its impact on strength training, and how it can help boost mental and physical resilience. (You can watch this video by clicking the link even if you do not have an Instagram account.)
Recipe of the Month: Lemon Blueberry Cake
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A bright, lemony paleo cake bursting with blueberries—perfect for spring and summer.
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