Carrolltown Encourages Walking for Back Pain Relief

Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation invites Carrolltown back pain sufferers and neck pain sufferers to walk. Walking is easy and valuable in managing pain. Walks don’t have be marathons! A walk in the park or around the block works wonders!

BACK PAIN’S DAILY IMPACT

$200 billion dollars a year fund back pain management. Back pain is a top and widespread cause of medical care visits to primary care and emergency settings. Back pain is the most common cause for worker compensation, lost work hours, and lost productivity. 90% of back pain is mechanical. 12 to 33% of people are stated to experience back pain at any point in time, making back pain a primary emphasis of medical care and of sufferers’ attention and inattention to the day-to-day events of life. (1) Back pain is expensive and daily-life-limiting for many.

SPINAL STENOSIS AND WALKING

Walking is a such a day-to-day necessity. One recent study stated that back and neck pain were positively and significantly associated with workplace absenteeism mostly caused by difficulty standing, sitting, and walking. (2) Walking is a key daily function! Back pain sufferers headed to surgery will do well to boost their walking capacity before surgery. The better the walking capacity before surgery. The greater the walking capacity afterwards. Lumbar spinal stenosis as an underlying issue for back pain reduces walking and quality of life for its sufferers. Lumbar spinal stenosis is the main indication for spinal surgery in older adults, 40% of whom, even after back surgery, still described walking disability. (3) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation encourages walking for everyone!

WALK IN A PARK!

Exercise like walking is a simple, straight-forward way to mitigate Carrolltown back pain. Walking in a park may be enticing. Well-designed parks are described to enhance public health. An interview study of peoples’ opinions of what makes parks inviting reported that trees, gardens, open spaces, and water features were highly valued. Walking/bike trails, basketball hoops, sports/climbing walls were described as physical activity boosters. Seating, tables, and picnic areas were noted as essential for social interaction. (4)

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Gary Stefanick on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses how he helped a patient after back surgery regain some quality of life with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.  

Schedule your Carrolltown chiropractic appointment with Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation today. Time for a walk?! Hope so!