Mobility & Flexibility

Aside from exercise, mobility & flexibility are two of the key components the human body needs to retain proper function throughout its structures.  The bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, and other tissues work together to allow a range of movement and maintaining proper fitness. This, along with and a balanced nutritional diet, can help keep the body functioning properly. Great mobility means executing functional movements with no restrictions in the range of motion (ROM).

A flexible person can have core strength, balance, or coordination but cannot perform the same functional movements as a person with great mobility. Remember that flexibility is a mobility component, but extreme flexibility really is not required to perform functional movements.

Maintaining these abilities is key to being mobile in old age. Without mobility and flexibility, an individual will not be able to tie their own shoes or walk to the mailbox. According to Dr. Alex Jimenez’s compilation of articles on mobility and flexibility, individuals who don’t stretch their body often can experience shortened or stiffened muscles which decrease their ability to move effectively.

Lifestyle Changes to Improve Hormonal Balance

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Improving reproductive health: Reducing Neuroinflammation and Obesity.
Improving reproductive health: Reducing Neuroinflammation and Obesity. Pt.1

Hormones are the mediators of multiple metabolic, reproductive and developmental processes in our body. In addition, hormonal secretion depends on an intricate feedback loop that…

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Aging: A New Disease.
Aging: A New Disease

Aging by definition is a “cascade of robustness breakdown triggered by a decrease in systemic NAD+ biosynthesis and the resultant functional defects in susceptible organs…

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Postmenopausal Osteoporosis and Aging Vs. Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Women's health
How Inflamm-aging and Body Composition Influences Women’s Health

Women’s health encompasses a multitude of factors that are carefully orchestrated by hormones. In turn, hormones can be produced by different glands and tissues, which…

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Everyday Wear and Tear Stretches Chiropractic Recommended

Stretching out for everyday wear and tear. The body was designed for movement, mobility, and physicality. When discomfort, aches, and pain present in the neck,…

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Urolithin A vs. Osteoarthritis
Urolithin A vs. Osteoarthritis

Degenerative diseases, specifically those that affect joints and muscle, produce detrimental effects on movement, agility, strength, and quality of life. Numerous nutritional and strength exercise…

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Urolithin A as an Anti-Aging Factor
Urolithin A as an Anti-Aging Factor

Urolithin A is the most abundant type of urolithin produced by the human microbiota. This nutritional compound is derived from ellagitannins and ellagic acid commonly…

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Akkermansia muciniphila: Intestine’s Urolithin A Promoter.

The metabolic effect of gut-derived metabolites coincides with the prevention of conditions like obesity and diabetes in mouse models. However, to produce the beneficial gut-derived…

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microbiome-mitochondria

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ellagitannins

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Summer Heat Can Affect Joints and Movement

Although it is not officially summer, the past few weeks sure feels like it. Especially for those with joint discomfort and pain. As the body…

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Herniated Disc Pain Stretches and Exercises

Here are a few recommended stretches and exercises for relieving herniated disc symptoms. The vertebrae are the small bones that make up the spine. They…

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Frailty and Phase angle
Frailty and Locomotive Syndrome: How Phase Angle can Improve their Detection.

Bioelectrical impedance analysis allows an integrative, complete, duplicable, and easy body composition assessment that provides in-depth information about the patient’s nutritional status. This process makes…

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muscle wasting treatment
Muscle Wasting: Treatments

Muscle wasting conditions have multiple etiologies. For example, sarcopenia is generally associated with aging, the decline of muscle function, and quantity. On the other hand,…

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Muscle Wasting Assessment

Muscle wasting is a prevalent finding in multiple chronic diseases, and it affects almost 70% of the patients suffering from end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The…

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