Pollack Rehab

06/09/2026

06/03/2026

💤 Sleep Hygiene 101:

1) Have a routine: Go to bed at the same time every night. Get up at the same time every morning.

2) Reduce light and noise: Use black out curtains to keep the room as dark as possible. Use ear plugs if necessary.

3) Get at least 7,000 steps/day: Regular physical activity can improve the quality and quantity of your sleep.

4) The last hour before bed is crucial: No exercise, no eating, no drinking and no screen time. So what can you do? Read a book, listen to music or talk on the phone, but avoid watching TV or doom scrolling.



📊 Healthline

06/03/2026

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day 🌸

05/07/2026

We know that exercise can help treat depression, but what type of exercise helps and who does it help?

Answer: Any type and anyone!

"The findings of the study support that exercise based interventions, in all formats and parameters, can help mitigate depression and anxiety symptoms across all population categories," according to a 2026 study (Munro et al.) published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

"Mental health professionals should prescribe exercise with the same confidence as traditional treatments, recognizing that all exercise formats demonstrate positive effects while tailoring programmes to individual profiles and preferences (e.g., group-based/supervised formats show strongest effects for depression; shorter, lower-intensity programmes for anxiety).

Public health guidelines should position exercise as an accessible, evidence-based first-line intervention for mental health, particularly targeting emerging adults and perinatal populations where effects are strongest," the authors conclude.

Objective To synthesise meta-analytic outcomes from randomised controlled trials examining exercise effects on depression and anxiety across all population groups, including children and adults with both clinically diagnosed and subclinical symptoms, excluding those with pre-existing chronic physiol...

05/06/2026

🥬 What is the healthiest diet for older adults?

Probably the "MIND" Diet: Mediterranean-DASH Diet Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay, which nourishes the brain and evidence-suggests can help prevent dementia.

It is simply a combination of the two most well researched diets:

🐟 Mediterranean Diet
(primarily fish, nuts and legumes)

🍓 Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (primarily fruits and vegetables).

Not surprisingly, this diet works best to protect the brain if you avoid fried food, red meat, cheese, butter and sugary desserts.