Carrolltown Back Pain Benefits from Walking and Chiropractic Care

Walk. Walk. Walk. Running may have been a ‘go to’ exercise when you were younger. Speed may have been a goal once. Distance may have been the aim. Today, walking 90 minutes a week is a commendable goal for back pain sufferers seeking Carrolltown back pain relief. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation suggests walking along with chiropractic spinal manipulation for peak walking ability and back pain relief.

EXERCISE FOR Carrolltown BACK PAIN RELIEF

Exercise is commonly recommended to back pain patients. Muscle strengthening and aerobic exercise are well documented to be effective for relief of low back pain. But what about walking? Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation encourages Carrolltown back pain patients to not add the word “just” ahead of “walking”! Walking alone is an incredibly healing activity. Walking is basic to everyday life. Walking is one thing so many of us take for granted until we can not walk or something like back pain prevents us from walking like we used to. A recent study verifies this: Walking more than ninety minutes per week was associated with a lesser risk of self-reported low back pain in adults over 50 years of age. 90 minutes is not bad; regular walking for 30 minutes a day three days a week is optimal. (1) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation suggests that our Carrolltown chiropractic patients walk.

CHIROPRACTIC ENHANCES WALKING

Seeing a licensed chiropractor increases walking distance. A recent article found that a comprehensive non-surgical training which included an exercise program directed by a chiropractor enhanced back and lower extremity fitness and lumbar spine flexibility, eased pain and improved walking distance for lumbar spinal stenosis patients. (2) That is significant! Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation uses gentle Cox® Technic spinal manipulation and encourages walking 3 times a week for 30 minutes each time. Being able to walk any distance for thirty minutes is essential!

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. William Davis on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson whose spinal stenosis patient struggled with walking inside the house let alone outside. He missed walking! Dr. Davis’ treatment plan helped him return to walking.  

Schedule your Carrolltown chiropractic appointment now. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation wants our Carrolltown back pain patients to walk and know that walking is good. Running and speed are not necessary for back health, but walking is essential for back health and for quality of life!