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Loss of cognitive ability in Alzheimer's disease is made worse by physical decline. As the body deteriorates in Alzheimer's disease, blood flow to the brain is negatively affected. Improvement to this condition can be made by doing Active Isolated Stretching therapy (also known as AIS). Alzheimer's patients are affected by poor circulation and muscular rigidity. This typically occurs throughout the body; and muscular rigidity in the upper body worsens circulation to the brain. The muscles that cause this are the upper arms, chest, and most significantly - the neck. For Alzheimer's disease, tightness in the neck muscles can impede the flow of blood to the brain. The carotid and vertebral arteries are the main lines of blood flow to the neck, and they lie underneath the neck muscles. When the neck muscles are tight, they are affected by inflammation, inflammation presses into the arteries causing poor circulation. Physical exercise is highly encouraged for Alzheimer's patients. But what is not widely known is the benefits of adding Active Isolated Stretching therapy for Alzheimer's disease.
Brain cells need oxygen and nutrients to function. Blood circulation to the brain is what delivers oxygen and nutrients. One of the conditions of Alzheimer's disease is muscular rigidity. It is not the cause or the only negative condition of Alzheimer's, but if left unattended, muscular rigidity will accelerate declining cognitive abilities in the Alzheimer's patient.
The general public is not aware of how helpful AIS therapy can be for an Alzheimer's patient. Aaron Mattes, a Kinesiologist, has studied and perfected his method through forty years of research. He found the optimal way to lengthen muscles affected by rigidity. Alzheimer's disease is one of the conditions that can receive great benefit from receiving his method of treatment.
Typically an Alzheimer's patient will be very stiff in the upper body. AIS therapy would involve a therapist to unwinding the muscles that are locked up. This freeing process in the upper body would facilitate circulation to the brain and thereby improve cognitive abilities in an Alzheimer's sufferer. Areas that can improve are: memory, mental clarity, concentration, and decision-making ability; not to mention the physical benefits of being more mobile and self-reliant.
As AIS therapy continues, an Alzheimer's sufferer would also learn to incorporate physical strength training to uphold their posture. But strength training will be more effective after muscle lengthening. One reason that physical exercise is encouraged is to promote circulation. If circulation is first improved through AIS muscle lengthening, the benefits of physical exercise will be more prominent.
Alzheimer's disease affects the entire family. Family members adjust their schedules to accommodate their family member affected by Alzheimer's. And in later stages of Alzheimer's, families often send their family member to a nursing home for constant supervision. AIS therapy can reverse this downward negative spiral. AIS therapy addresses cognitive decline from the view that mental decline is related to physical decline. If circulation can be improved than cognitive abilities can be enhanced. Active Isolated Stretching therapy offers Alzheimer's patients a way to maintain independence and self-reliance.
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