Do you know that Children who have grown up deprived of stimulation have been found to have up to 25% fewer synapses (nerve connections) in their brains than children growing up in stimulating environments?
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To reduce your chances of developing dementia:
- Take good care of your heart – treatment of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and obesity is necessary for good heart health and is likely also to protect brain health.
- Increase your physical activity level to the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended 30 minutes a day for adults
- Eat a healthy Mediterranean-style diet, high in omega 3, polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats – found in fish and olive oil.
- Limit your intake of saturated and trans fats, which are often found in take-away meals and sweets.
Modifiable factors that can increase the chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease include the following:
- health-related factors (diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, traumatic brain injury, hearing loss, social isolation and depression)
- lifestyle factors such as physical inactivity, smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, a diet high in saturated fat and low in fruit and vegetable consumption, and low educational attainment; and
- environmental factors such as air pollution.
It is noteworthy that addressing these factors could potentially prevent around 40% of Alzheimer’s disease cases.
Oh yes, physical inactivity can increase one’s chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
Read:https://physiosparks.com/2020/04/14/physical-activity-and-covid-19/
Source:
Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre
Yes, the efficiency of the immune system in combating diseases decreases with increasing age. The rate of this decline varies with individuals.
Stressors which quicken the decline include, but not limited to smoking, life trauma, chronic stress, lifetime/everyday discrimination, stressful life events.
Discrimination (including racial and gender discrimination) is associated with increased rate of chronic diseases, heart diseases, mental health issues and mortality.
Interestingly, exercise has been found to slow this down.
So, work it out with your physiotherapist!
Make healthy choices today!
Source:
Klopack ET, Crimmins EM, Cole SW, Seeman TE, Carroll JE. Social stressors associated with age-related T lymphocyte percentages in older US adults: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study. medRxiv. 2022 Jan 1.
Researchers from Nigeria have revealed that when combined with other pain relief physiotherapy modalities and exercises, non-surgical spinal decompression using Intervertebral Differential Dynamics (IDD) therapy tends to provide pain relief in patients with low back pain (LBP). This type of low back pain arises from the spinal column, intervertebral discs, or surrounding soft tissues.
IDD therapy provides computer-directed static, intermittent, and cycling, better known as decompressive forces on structures which cause neck or low back pain. IDD therapy comprises of different treatment sessions specifically designed for each patient lasting for 25 to 30 minutes. The negative intra-disc pressure provided by vertebral distraction helps to promote diffusion of oxygen, water and nutrients into the vertebral disc area, resulting to improved disc health by re-hydrating the degenerated disc.
A picture of IDD therapy device
Retraction of a herniated or damaged nucleus pulposus (the soft gelatinous central portion of the intervertebral disc which resists compression) occurs with repeated pressure differential. As a result, IDD therapy decreases pressure on the discs, spinal nerves and vertebral joints through intermittent mobilizations while promoting retraction of herniated discs, disc healing, re-education of soft tissues, re-alignment of spinal structures and rehabilitation of damaged discs, which invariably reduces LBP. Appropriate review and modification of each IDD therapy session is possible because every aspect of the therapy is recorded and adjustable, together with measurable outcomes on the IDD therapy device. Traditional traction is limited in offering these benefits
⇒https://physiosparks.com/2021/09/10/busting-the-myths/
Sources:
Ekediegwu E, Chuka C, Nwosu I, Ogbueche C, Ekechukwu EN, Uchenwoke C, Odole A. Reduction in Chronic Low Back Pain Using Intervertebral Differential Dynamics Therapy (IDDT) and Routine Physiotherapy: A Retrospective Pre-Post Study. J Musculoskelet Disord Treat. 2021,7(2):098
Patnaik G. Role of IDD therapy in the back and neck pain. J Med Stud Res 2018;1: 002.
Patrick N, Emanski E, Knaub MA. Acute and chronic low back pain. Med Clin North Am. 2014;98(4):777–789.
Will JS, Bury DC, & Miller JA. Mechanical Low Back Pain. American family physician, 98(7), 421–428.
Image (IDD therapy device) credit:
Intervertebral Differential Dynamics Therapy (www.iddtherapy.com)
Astella Physiotherapy Clinics, Nigeria
Dementia is a collective name for brain syndromes which affect memory, thinking, behaviour and emotion. Dementia is the main cause of disability and dependency among older individuals. Each person experiences dementia in their own way, but generally those affected eventually need help with all aspects of daily life.
Facts:
- Dementia is a term used to describe different brain disorders that affect memory, thinking, behaviour and emotion.
- Early symptoms can include memory loss, difficulty performing familiar tasks, problems with language and changes in personality.
- There is currently no cure for dementia, but a range of support is available for people with dementia and their carers.
- Dementia knows no social, economic, or ethnic boundaries.
- Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. Other causes include fronto-temporal dementia, vascular disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.
Source: Alzheimer’s Disease International
Do you know that a consequence of living longer is having a higher risk of developing dementia? Even though the proportion of people in their 60s who have dementia is quite low, the prevalence of dementia increases substantially with increasing age.
Facts:
- The world is getting older
- The greatest risk factor for dementia is age.
- More individuals will develop dementia in the near future.
Source: The Wicking Dementia Centre
KEY FACTS:
- In 2020, 22.3% of the global population used tobacco, 36.7% of all men and 7.8% of the world’s women.
- Tobacco kills up to half of its users.
- Tobacco kills over 8 million individuals yearly and destroys our environment, further harming human health, through the cultivation, production, distribution, consumption, and post-consumer waste.
- More than 7 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while around 1.2 million are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke.
- Over 80% of the world’s 1.3 billion tobacco users live in low- and middle-income countries.
- All forms of tobacco are harmful, and there is no safe level of exposure to tobacco.
- Globally, Cigarette smoking is the most common form of tobacco use.
- Other tobacco products include waterpipe tobacco, various smokeless tobacco products, cigars, cigarillos, roll-your-own tobacco, pipe tobacco, bidis and kreteks.
- The nicotine contained on tobacco products is highly addictive and without cessation support only 4% of users who attempt to quit tobacco use will succeed.
- Professional support and proven cessation medications help in a tobacco user’s chance of successful quitting.
Want to quit tobacco use?
SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP!
Source: World Health Organisation
Significant evidence suggests that individuals who are regularly engaged in mentally-stimulating activities are less likely to develop dementia.
These activities include:
- Reading books
- Playing games, especially board games
- Learning a new song, language, dance etc
- Participating in hobbies and crafts
- Writing letters, emails etc
- Attending a concert, movie etc
- Engaging with other people
- Using online social network
- Participating in brain-tasking activities such as puzzles
- Visiting a museum, library, gallery etc
- Attending talks
- Taking a course or study etc
So, why don’t you get your brain cells busy?
One of the management procedures in breast cancer is the surgical removal of the underarm or armpit lymph nodes close to the affected breast. A side effect of this is known as Axillary web syndrome or cording.
This usually comes with a web of thick, ropelike structures under the skin of the inner arm. Axillary web syndrome is often characterized by painful scar tissue formation and adaptive shortening of underarm muscles extending from the underarm down the inner part of the arm or chest wall limiting shoulder and arm mobility.
Result of a study have revealed that a treatment program of progressive arm exercises and manual lymph drainage designed by a physiotherapist results in reduced pain and improved motion compared with standard arm exercises.
Kindly watch:
https://physiosparks.com/2020/07/22/breast-cancer-2/
Source:
Torres-Lacomba M, Prieto-Gómez V, Arranz-Martín B, Ferrandez JC, Yuste-Sánchez MJ, Navarro-Brazález B, Romay-Barrero H. Manual Lymph Drainage With Progressive Arm Exercises for Axillary Web Syndrome After Breast Cancer Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Phys Ther. 2022 Mar 1;102(3):pzab314. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzab314. PMID: 35079831.
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