In this 10‑minute daily health update, Dr. David Koivuranta of the Toronto Neck and Back Pain Clinic shares six evidence‑based wellness topics drawn from recent peer‑reviewed research. He begins by stressing the critical importance of rapid treatment for heart attacks, citing a Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions study that found each hour of delay increases the risk of heart‑failure hospitalization by 11%. He then highlights the role of vitamin B12 during pregnancy, referencing a Nutrition Research Journal review. Next, he explains how regular exercise can blunt chronic inflammation by disrupting the interferon‑γ signaling pathway, based on a Science Advances study. He moves on to footwear, noting that sturdy, supportive shoes can lessen knee osteoarthritis pain per an Annals of Internal Medicine article. He concludes with findings from the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport that reduced core endurance, limited flexibility, and a history of multi‑site pain predict back injuries in naval cadets, underscoring the value of core strength and flexibility training. Throughout, Dr. Koivuranta offers practical, actionable advice, encourages viewers to seek professional support (chiropractors, physiotherapists, trainers, etc.), and invites them to request a written copy of the update.
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Hello everyone, it's Dr. Dave. Hopefully you're doing well, enjoying your week, making some healthy choices and creating some great experiences in your life. Coming at you on behalf of Toronto Neck and Back Pain Clinic with your daily health update. It's Thursday, February 18th, 2021, heading into another, another wonderful weekend here in February. Hope you are going to do something you enjoy and you love. I'm going to share with you today 6 areas of health and wellness based on the latest research and literature to help support those healthy decisions you're making for yourself. Yourself and those around you every day. And somewhere around this video you can read through all 6 of those areas. If you'd like a copy, you can let us know, we'll get that to you. You can DM us on social, send us an email here at the clinic, or even give us a call, and we'll be sure that that finds its way to you. Not going to treat, diagnose, prevent, or cure any illness or disease with our time together today. However, this research and literature has been compiled for the benefit of those people who are looking to create some healthy momentum in their life and keep themselves plugged into, tuned in, tapped turned on into something that's valuable to them each and every day, and there's potentially nothing more valuable than your health. So good for you for being here. Very essential. And another thing that's essential other than your health is all— and all those things that are part of your health— is speed when it comes to a heart attack. According to the journal Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions, January 2021, they did a study and they reviewed the case history of 31 heart attack patients who had angioplasties, for every 1-hour delay in the treatment, the risk for hospitalization for heart failure within the next year increased by 11%. They note that it's important for individuals to contact emergency services at the first sign of a heart attack. Heart attack symptoms include uncomfortable pressure or pain in the center of the chest, chest discomfort that lasts a few minutes or goes away and comes back, pain or discomfort in the arms, back, neck, jaw, or stomach, shortness of breath, nausea, lightheadedness, or breaking out in a cold sweat. So generally, if you don't feel well, you feel unwell in some way, and you have one or more of those symptoms, you want to make sure you contact a healthcare provider to narrow down what it could possibly be. And speed is of the essence if it is a heart attack, so don't delay. If you're expecting or plan to bring a wonderful creation into this world, the Nutrition Research Journal, December 2020, says that vitamin B12 intake is important during pregnancy. Pregnancy. You can check out that research. Um, exercise can help combat chronic inflammation according to the Science Advances journal, January 2021. They did an experiment where researchers observed that exercise protects muscles from the damaging effects of chronic inflammation by disrupting the signaling pathway of the interferon gamma, a pro-inflammatory molecule that has been associated with various types of muscle wasting and dysfunction. So I'm sure that excessive amounts of activity and effort can also create some inflammation, but that some level of that exercise is also good for helping with chronic inflammation because it disrupts that signaling pathway of that chemical that they mentioned. So fitness is good for you, good for you, how you look and you feel, but can also help with your systemic physiology in terms of inflammation, especially chronic inflammation in this case. Shoes are very important. A proper kind of footwear for not only for your feet but could also help work with arthritic or osteoarthritic wear and tear in the knees. According to the Annals of Internal Medicine, January 2021, they did new search— new research suggesting that wearing a sturdy supportive shoe can reduce pain in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. Shoes are an easy option that can help people self-manage their knee arthritis pain. Patients with knee arthritis should think carefully about their footwear and choose shoes that most likely to reduce their knee pain. There are some good options out there, but generally the more cushioned and supportive and ones that support or improve the biomechanics, uh, are probably a good choice. Finally, for today, from the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, December 2020, they looked at core strength and flexibility and the degree that you have or don't have that may predict back pain. They did evaluations of 545 naval cadets and it revealed that decreased trunk endurance on the prone plank test, reduced flexibility on the sit and reach test, and a history of pain in multiple sites over the last year were predictors of overuse injuries involving the lower back and extremities. And of course, if you want to be able to bend more, reach more, uh, and hold that plank longer, you want all your parts to be sitting and moving properly. So most paramedical services can help you do that, from massage therapy to physiotherapy which isn't so much paramedical, but you get the idea. Chiropractors, osteopaths, athletic trainers, athletic therapists, personal trainers— there's a lot of people out there who are trained and qualified to help make sure that you're improving your strength and flexibility, which is always valuable throughout life. And as we saw with our fitness, it's not just about how we look and feel, but also about how well our body works. And maintaining that function through your health through your whole life will help you create those great experiences you're looking for every day, including this weekend. So I hope you get out there and enjoy yourself, do something fun for yourself and those around you, feed your soul a little bit while you also get all those other things that we need and have to get done every day. But hopefully you're doing them with good quality and you'll be able to do them for as long as possible. That will be a good life. Tomorrow you'll see a written format of the daily health update. We'll put it up in social media as we always do, and then on Monday we'll be back with another video format. So enjoy your weekend, and share some smiles. Have a good time. I'll see you next week. Take care.
