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Wouldn’t it be great to have a step-by-step toolkit that came with all of the supplies needed to live a healthy life? And wouldn’t it be grand if we didn’t have to be the responsible for our own health, wellness and lifestyle?
Well, I’m going to help you unwrap that user-friendly toolkit right here. Only problem is, you are going to have to actually be responsible for using it. Think of yourself as the pilot of your plane and your healthcare provider as ground control. It’s a change, I know, but it’s healthier to begin thinking to create the type of lifestyle that promotes your healthy life. Ready to take off?
Let’s unpack the 7-step toolkit that’s needed to live healthy. Hmmm, maybe the mindset, the actual toolkit, is interwoven in the word we strive for in our lives: HEALTHY.
Healthy choices – It’s your most important asset, your health. It’s time to recognize that the way you organize your daily life, how you fill your time and spaces, what you have in the pantry, the refrigerator, on the bookshelves and in your medicine cabinet—all either promote your ability to make wise choices, or they do not. Do an inventory of your surroundings and ask yourself if the items help you make wise choices to promote your health, or not. Who owns your health? You do!
Eat wisely – It’s difficult to put premium fuel in your car if the gas station only has low octane gas. How about your home and place of work? Are you ready to eat a healthy, balanced diet of foods that include protein, dairy, veggies, grains and fruits? Unless you choose to surround yourself with these products, you’ll be running on the wrong fuel.
Activity – When do you pack your gym bag? Those who pack it the night before they need it are more likely to use it the next day. It’s the same thing with filling your world with buddies who will keep you accountable. Come to think of it, it’s the same with the music you have snaking out of your ears – download the free app Rock My Run from iTunes and you’ll be ready to pick the thump you need to increase your activity.
Life’s little goals – Ever try to leap tall buildings in a single bound? Unless you are Superman (and if you are, and you are reading this, PLEASE LET US KNOW!!!), you can’t do it. You need little, consistent, daily changes to arrive at your larger destiny, but with SMARTER goals. That means goals that are specific, measureable, attainable, realistic, time-bound, enthusiastically set and come with a reward at the end.
True thinking – The link is what you think when it comes to taking care of yourself and living healthy—both physically and emotionally. Make sure the rules you are living by, your beliefs that create your right and left turns in life, are true, helpful, inspiring, necessary and kind. Hey, that spells THINK!
Healthcare – First of all, it’s genuinely better to take a walk than a pill. But we can increase our longevity by recognizing that we have to own our own healthcare, partnering with our physician along the way. Yearly routine exams, regular monitoring of blood pressure, cholesterol, lipids, age-appropriate screenings and blood labs are a common part of normal healthcare and prevention. With the right prevention, you won’t have to treat a disease. And remember the observation of Walter Bortzs, II, M.D.: “We live too short and die too long.” This doesn’t have to be the case if we are health literate. Far too many die of health illiteracy.
Yes I can positivity – Did you know there are two forms of wellbeing that are associated with healthy physical and emotional living, reduced stress and depression? “Hedonic” are life’s simple pleasurable experiences; and “eudemonic” are those pleasures that come from meaning and larger purpose beyond self-gratification. The former are “empty calories,” while eudemonic pleasures are derived from seeing the positive in all of life, finding the meaning in daily interactions with others, being connected to others and living according to “EWOP” (everything works out perfectly). These pleasures offer, by far, a bigger bang for the happiness buck, and go a long way toward preventing and assisting recovery from life’s ills.
We know how good it feels to stretch, but why is flexibility training so important?
There are three components of fitness: cardiovascular training, strength training and flexibility training. Each one benefits the body differently. Quite simply:
-Cardiovascular training benefits the heart.
-Strength training benefits the muscles.
-Flexibility training benefits the joints.
While many people understand the importance of both cardiovascular and strength training, few understand the importance of incorporating a regular component of flexibility.
If you feel stiff in the morning or can’t touch your toes, you might say, “I need to stretch” or “I’m just not that flexible.” But flexibility training is NOT just stretching. Flexibility training focuses on “ease of movement.” Movement is based from the joints of the body. Flexibility training improves range of motion of the body and allows the body to extend, flex and bend without restriction.
Flexibility training can be broken down into two components:
-Lengthening tissue including the muscles and connective tissues such as ligaments, tendons and fascia network
-Strengthening the weaker muscles
The part most people fail to understand is that being flexible is closely connected to muscle balance and strength.
So why do you need flexibility training?
Flexibility training is essential for maintaining optimal movement. The more “ease of movement” you have, the more improved your balance and coordination will be. If you walk with stiff knees and you slipp on the ice, you could injure your knee badly. If you sprint too quickly and your ligaments are not surrounded by strong muscles on all sides, the ligaments could tear. Being flexible helps prevent injuries. Tight muscles limit joint movement and the body’s ability to move in its normal pattern.
Another benefit of flexibility training is that it feels good. Tight muscles and stiff joints can translate into pain. Plus, many forms of flexibility training, such as Pilates, yoga, Feldenkrais and tai chi, help focus the mind on the body, which results in other health and hormonal benefits. These disciplines focus on alignment and flexibility, but they also incorporate breath, as well.
Conscious breathing during activity changes the way the brain tells the muscles to remember movement patterns. It helps the resting muscles, which many refer to as “muscle tone,” keep the body in proper alignment. Bones are pulled and held into position by the muscles. When you think of a skeleton hanging on the wall, you can clearly see the strings that hold this structure together. Each bone is connected to one another by muscles and ligaments. Flexibility training helps maintain the correct position of each joint so that body moves freely.
If you have never had a full flexibility assessment, here are a few easy movement patterns to check your flexibility.
The Move: Bend forward from the waist and touching the ground
Needs Improvement: Can’t touch the floor with your fingers without bending your knees
Normal: Can touch the floor with your fingers without bending your knees
Injury Potential: Have to bend your knees to bend forward, but many inches from touching the floor
The Move: Turn your head to the side
Needs Improvement: Can’t turn head 90 degrees to both sides, where chin is over shoulder
Normal: Can turn head 90 degrees to both sides, where chin is over shoulder
Injury Potential: Can turn head farther to one side than the other, or neither side turns 90 degrees
The Move: Side bend with fingers sliding down the outer thigh to touch the knee
Needs Improvement: Can’t bend sideways and touch fingers to or past the knees on both sides
Normal: Can bend sideways and touch fingers to or past the knees on both sides
Injury Potential: Can bend sideways, but one side moves farther down than the other or cannot touch one side
These three simple flexibility tests can help alert you to possible neck pain, back pain or even hip pain that may lead to an injury. To understand how to improve your flexibility and incorporate 10 to 15 minutes of training into your lifestyle check out “Free Moves: The Art of Flexibility Training.”
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