You & Olympians: Have Pain, Find Relief, Return to Exercise Year-Round
Everybody ought to exercise. Everybody outght to move. Physical activity is for each and every one of us. Is 5K running or rappelling up a cliff necessary? Nope! Walking is terrific. Muscle strengthening is just right. Gardening when the season is suitable is wonderful. No gyms are even necessary for the physical activity that will make you feel 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 common matter of knee pain!
EXERCISE IN ANY SEASON
A survey conducted in Finland in 2017 tracked 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 performed throughout the year? Cleaning/maintenance work, walking, and stair climbing. What exercises did they do most consistently throughout the year irrespective of age/gender/season? Muscle-strengthening exercises and workout. Swimming, skiing, gardening, jogging, and stair climbing were more age/gender/season dependent. The researchers ultimately concluded that there are particular conditioning activities people will do. Proposals for physical activity recommendations must use 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 find exercises 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 on the intense side. Elite athletes like the Olympians cope with pain and depression and keep going. A study of Olympians from the 1948 to 2018 games found that 32.4% describe pain today, and 35.9% report current functional limitations due to their Olympics’ days. Knee (20.6% lasting 120 days median) and lumbar spine (13.1% continuing for 100 days) were the top two injuries Olympians experienced 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 thery are 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 discover it for yourself! A few sessions and you’ll 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 describes how his adaptation of Cox® Technic distraction principles for treating painful knees eases knee pain.
Schedule your Carrolltown chiropractic appointment soon. Join everybody else who comes to Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation with knee and back pain and leaves to start moving again, gardening again, walking again, rolling up snowballs again with a bit more spring in their step! Get out, and exercise!
