Regular Walking Also Feeds the Brain
Most people are aware of the health benefits of walking for physical fitness, but did you know that regular walking has also been scientifically proven to improve mental fitness and brain function?
Some of the proven benefits of regular walking include:
Preserving memory and improving concentration in adults, the elderly, and even children.
Source: Neuroscience Journal Reducing Alzheimer’s and slowing the development of dementia.
Enjoying life more and improving your mood.
Boosting creativity, thus improving your ability to solve and adapt to problems.
These positive effects of walking on the brain are not surprising when you understand the importance of proper balance and movement in the spine for brain function. Walking keeps the spine in motion, which stimulates the thousands of nerve receptors in the spinal column and feet, which essentially feeds the brain.
Chronic and persistent subluxation patterns will lessen the beneficial effects of walking, because the walking motion, or gait, is not able to generate the ideal movement in the spinal column. It’s sort of like using a keyboard with buttons that are stuck or jammed, thus preventing energy (i.e. information) from flowing freely to the brain.
Walking is an essential part of being human and one of the reasons why we’ve made so many advances as a species. Our modern life, unfortunately, no longer requires regular walking, which is likely contributing to the rising rates of neurological and mental health disorders in developed countries.
Mental health and neurological diseases are a growing concern and already a multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry, but simple lifestyle changes can help prevent and possibly even reverse this rising trend, and without harmful side effects.
EMF radiation is likely another contributing factor to the development of neurological problems, so be sure to put your cell phone and smart watch on “airplane” or “flight” mode while walking, so your brain is able to relax completely.
Make long walks a regular habit to help you enjoy the far-reaching rewards of also improving the function of your brain and whole nervous system.
by SJ NANA, DC, DrNana.co.za
References:
Study finds brain connectivity, memory improves in older adults after walking
Move it, move it: how physical activity at school helps the mind (as well as the body)
Give your ideas some legs: the positive effect of walking on creative thinking
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