Cardio is known to be helpful in lowering your blood pressure, the mechanism behind that is not completely understood. A 2019 study looked at the mechanism, believing that bacteria in the mouth creating nitrites, compounds which help relax the blood pressure.
They found that by inhibiting the bacteria following cardio by using mouthwash actually reduced the blood pressure lowering effects of performing the cardio, and the associated muscle oxygenation.
Keep your cardio efficient, avoid the mouthwash around a good workout.
I’ve previously talked about the strength gains that can be seen following an adjustment, however, I’ve had some new thoughts on the matter. While I tried to summarize the findings quite objectively, I realize that I did not think through the potential implications of these studies. While different studies have measured the impact of an adjustment on the activation of different muscles, at least one such study used muscles in the hand.
Last time, I talked about the implications for athletes, but what about the non-gym effects of this hulk-like digit strength? Does anyone know where I’m going with this??
What would this mean for someone with a wet-noodle of a handshake? (It’s in the title, I would hope so).
Imagine being more confident and more inspiring in your handshake. You’ll no longer be a crying shivering mess at the prospect of introductions! Acing interviews and meeting your girlfriend’s dad will come with ease, there won’t be any more anxiety keeping you up at night about having to shake people’s hands.
Instill confidence and trust in the people, clients, friends, and in-laws you meet through your handshake. Get that promotion. Sell that propane and propane accessories. Don’t be like George Bush. Get adjusted for a better handshake.
We are pleased to announce that This month’s Employee of the Month is our Founder and lead Chiropractor, Dr. Bryan Pankow.
Dr. Bryan has worked hard this month, doing his best while treating his patients, creating educational video content, and curating blog and social media posts, all while managing the back-end operations of the business.
Our cellphones, connected to one of humankind’s most impressive inventions to date, the internet can be an immense blessing in our lives. It connects us to friends & family across the globe, provides us with access to all the information available to our entire species, and endless entertainment, all in a package that can fit in our pocket.
These devices can be a double-edged sword too though. Endless connectivity with people all around the globe will mean that we may not connect with the people right in front of us. The endless knowledge available on the internet can accidentally lead us astray whether accidentally (ever google some symptoms like a cough and end up being told you have a rare, life-threatening disease?), or intentionally (foreign governments trying to spread distrust and disent). Endless entertainment can provide us with a quick and addictive rush of dopamine, which can encourage us to remove ourselves from our natural environment, our social lives and our sleep cycles, as staying in to play games, watch netflix, & browse pinterest or reddit become the easy choices.
Sometimes, the healthy thing to do is to try to strike a balance. While we might need to be connected for work or school, it is important to get away from our electronics and disconnect for a few days.
Hence, a Digital Detox. Mine lasted about 3 days, or a long weekend. I went to to the family cottage for the weekend, left my laptop behind, and shut off my phone (obviously after posting across all my social media that I was doing so, because it would seem otherwise crazy to go off the grid for 3 days without letting people know).
Sitting at the lake, as soon as my phone turned off, the anxieties about doing so went away. My time was my own, and I haven’t been able to truly say that in years.I was instantly motivated to do things that I always want to want to do, but never have the energy to do after a long day of seeing patients and managing a business. I went running, swimming, read, wrote (including this post, originally on a pad of paper), napped, went hiking, and went to a farmers market.
When the sun went down I enjoyed a fire underneath the stars, no bright blue light in my face to keep me awake, no last minute texts or emails to respond to. When I felt ready I put the fire out, laid down in bed and immediately went to sleep. I woke up on my own terms, not to an alarm, and got out of bed when I felt like it.
It’s an interesting thing, having a cellphone and always being connected is a tool for productivity, but I feel like I accomplished so much without one. It’s easy to rack up several hours of screen time a day, and without a screen, your day becomes hours longer.
I did this for me and my mental health, and I did it for everyone I see in a day, patients, friends, colleagues, so that I can be more present in the moment and be my best self.
As an aside, I tried to dictate this post at least 3 times while writing it. Apparently speaking at a piece of paper will not magically make your pen write what you’re saying.
Tired of waiting for Dr. Bryan to text you back while he’s with patients? Want to see all available appointments without any back and forth and comparing schedules? Online booking is a great resource to save time and make booking your appointment as simple and efficient as possible!
If you’re unsure of how to book your appointment online and would like some help, then we’ve created a step-by-step photo guide here for you.
1. log in to your profile on Nobility Chiropractic’s JaneApp site.
CLICK HERE, or go to nobilitychiropractic.janeapp.com. This link is also on all Dr. Bryan & Nobility Chiropractic & Wellness websites and social media pages, so you can’t lose it!
You can also link your account with your Twitter/Facebook/Google accounts so that you don’t have to remember your username or password!
If you’ve never logged in to Jane before, you will need to create a username and password. Contact your clinic and ask them to send you a “Welcome Email”. The Welcome Email will include a link to your Nobility Chiropractic’s Jane site, where you will be prompted to create a login for yourself.
Once you have logged in, click on “Book an Appointment”.
2. Select the location of your choice.
Nobility Chiropractic & Wellness currently operates in Kanata on Tuesday and Wednesday, and in Smiths Falls on Monday and Thursday.
3. Select the appointment type you’re looking for.
On the left hand side of the screen, or you can add yourself to the waitlist to be automatically notified if an appointment opens up on a desired day/time.
4. Select your time.
The schedule will appear, showing you which times are available for today or this week.
To see appointments available on a different date, either click on the “Next Day” button or click on the date header above the schedule to display a clickable “date picker” calendar.
Once you have selected the desired date, click on an available time slot to add it to your list.
It may ask you to confirm the exact time of your appointment.
5. Book more appointments (if you’d like to).
You will have a confirmation pop up. You can book multiple appointments at a time by clicking “Book More”
When you are done choosing appointment times, click on the “[#] Appointments” button.
Before confirming your appointments, you can delete any of them by clicking on the trash icon.
6. Confirm your appointment(s).
When you are ready to finalize your bookings, click the “Confirm Bookings” button.
It’s a beautiful Saturday morning, and I’m out of town at my parent’s house, sitting here on the deck overlooking the trees, and chugging a bottle of water to get ready for my day outdoors. There’s a little pinch of sea salt in there to help me absorb it better, I don’t love the taste but I’m willing to make sacrifices. That got me thinking, with all these hot days, and great hiking weather, I just need to put out a friendly reminder that you too should drink some water! Most people (and this probably includes you) won’t recognize they’re even thirsty until they’re at least 1-2% dehydrated. For most people, this means the’ve lost somewhere around a litre of water! This can happen pretty quickly, you can sweat that litre out within an hour outdoors hiking. Having lost that litre of water, you (or more likely whoever you’re hiking with) might notice some changes, like being more irritbale, angry, fatigued or having mood swings. Which probably doesn’t make you a great hiking buddy.
Be a good friend. Drink some water before you go. And then drink some more while you hike.
