Is Your Balance a Sign of Brain Health? Try This Toothbrushing Exercise

Did you know that balance is based on brain health? One thing that we do every single day is brush our teeth, or you should be, at least twice a day. But what are we doing when we're brushing our teeth? We're just brushing our teeth and thinking of stuff. But if you can't balance on one foot, that's a problem. That's a sign that your brain is not as healthy as it could be. One of the things you can do is, in addition to coming in to get your neck adjusted (because that helps the input into the brain; your feet send information up into the brain, and if the brain is missing the message, that could be another indication of a balance issue), while you're brushing your teeth, while you're scrubbing, for one week you're going to have five fingers on the sink and just one foot up. Typically, you're supposed to brush for two minutes, and you do that for a week. Then on week two, you lift one finger up. This increases how hard your brain has to work to keep your balance. Week three, three fingers. Week four, only two fingers. Week five, one. And at the end of that, you should have better balance. Then you can start it all over again if it's a problem with the other foot. If we don't have good balance, you have an increased risk of falling. And if you fall and can't get up off the ground, that's a whole other problem, which I've shot many videos about. So if you're wobbly and you can't do this, start with your fingers on the counter and one foot up. It doesn't matter which foot you start with while you're scrub-a-dubbing, because we want you to be healthy and we don't want you to fall. And if you do fall, we want you to be able to get up. So try this. Let me know how you're doing. I hope you don't have this issue, but if you do, also come in and get your neck adjusted. See you soon.