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You & Olympians: Have Pain, Find Relief, Return to Exercise Year-Round

Everybody needs to exercise. Everybody needs to move. Physical activity is for all of us. Is 5K running or rappelling up a cliff necessary? Nope! Walking is superb. Muscle strengthening is superb. Gardening when the season is decent is amazing. No gyms are even required for the physical activity that will keep you feeling good. If a knee or back injury occurs – and they do to the best of us! – your Carrolltown chiropractor at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is here to return you to moving with gentle, safe spinal distraction manipulation…and knee distraction for the familiar issue of knee pain!

EXERCISE IN ANY WEATHER

A study done in Finland in 2017 traced the physical activity participation of 18-64 year olds and 65+ year-olds. Researchers found that the 18-64 year olds met the recommended guidelines for physical activity – 42% of men and 39% of women – better than the 65+ year olds – 26% men and 20% women. What were the most popular interests people took part in throughout the year? Cleaning/maintenance work, walking, and stair climbing. What exercises did they do most consistently all year regardless of age/gender/season? Muscle-strengthening exercises and workout. Swimming, skiing, gardening, jogging, and stair climbing were more age/gender/season dependent. The researchers finally concluded that there are certain conditioning activities people will do. Proposals for physical activity recommendations must incorporate those to inspire the most physical activity possible. (1) What do you like to do? Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is confident our Carrolltown chiropractic patients and their families can agree physical activities to do any time of year! Heck, even in snow, a good snowball toss can inspire activity!

OLYMPIC EXERCISE

Winter and summer, Olympians move! They’re really like us though their training may be a bit more intense. Elite athletes like the Olympians deal with pain and depression and keep going. A study of Olympians from the 1948 to 2018 games revealed that 32.4% describe pain today, and 35.9% have functional limitations they connect to their Olympics’ days. Knee (20.6% lasting 120 days median) and lumbar spine (13.1% lasting 100 days) were the top two injuries Olympians suffered in their training days. Depression was recounted by 6.6% of them. (2) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation presents these Olympians’ stats with our Carrolltown chiropractic patients letting them know they’re not alone in their pain struggles.

KNEE EXERCISE and SMT WITH COX®

Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is ready to help when knee pain and back pain impact you. Gentle Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction and Spinal Manipulation and its distraction adaptation for knees are pain-relieving. Come in, and find out! A few sessions and you will be excited to get out and move, walk, garden, build a snowman, and more!

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Luigi Albano on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates how his adaptation of Cox® Technic distraction principles for treating painful knees relieves knee pain.

Set up your Carrolltown chiropractic appointment soon. Join everyone else who comes to Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation with knee and back pain and walks out the door ready to start moving again, gardening again, walking again, rolling up snowballs again with a bit more spring in their step! Get out, and exercise!

 
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation presents stats on injuries Olympians sustained in their careers and beyond to assure the rest of us that we’re not the only ones with back pain and knee pain. Chiropractic can help get us back to life! 
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