Flexibility with Morning Stretches
With a record amount of people around the globe having sleepless nights, waking up refreshed might not be an option these days. But we’ve got good news – adding a morning stretching routine to your day might help.
Spending 10 to 15 minutes stretching each morning is effective at helping you wake up, loosening your muscles for the day ahead — and it’s considered a form of exercise.
A daily morning routine can help energize you for the day and help reduce anxiety. That could mean you can skip that coffee until midmorning, or eliminate it all together.
A.M. stretching is also helpful for improving your posture. Are you one of the millions of people worldwide that sit behind a desk? Or are you binging on the couch in front of the tube? Implementing morning stretching into your daily routine isn’t just effective for loosening tight muscles, but helps them to become more flexible. Over time, you’ll notice a positive change in your posture. And your energy.
Nervous System Factoids
Heighten your brainpower by learning a little more about your nervous system with some truly amazing facts!
The human brain and spinal cord consists of about 100 billion neurons.
Nerves are bundled axons, the “loooooong” extensions of the neurons that send and receive messages. Bonus fact: The two primary types of cells of the nervous system are neurons and glial cells.
If all the neurons in your brain were lined up, they would form a path about 1000 kilometers long! Think your car is fast? Signals travel along your nerves at speeds over 400 km/hour (100 meters per second)!
Of the 43 pairs of nerves that connect your central nervous system to the rest of your body, (the primary focus of chiropractic care), 31 travel through your spinal cord, the remaining 12 emerge directly from the brain.