You & Olympians: Have Pain, Find Relief, Return to Exercise Year-Round
Everyone ought to exercise. Everyone needs to move. Physical activity is for each and every one of us. Is mountain climbing or marathon running required? Nope! Walking is terrific. Muscle strengthening is just right. Gardening when the season is right is wonderful. No gyms are even necessary for the physical activity that will keep you feeling good. If a knee or back injury occurs – and they happen to the best of us! – your Williamson chiropractor at Apple Country Chiropractic is ready to get you back to moving with gentle, safe spinal distraction manipulation…and knee distraction for the common issue of knee pain!
EXERCISE IN ANY WEATHER
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 achieved 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 that time? Cleaning/maintenance work, walking, and stair climbing. What exercises did they perform most consistently throughout the 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 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? Apple Country Chiropractic is confident our Williamson 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% report 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 reported by 6.6% of them. (2) Apple Country Chiropractic presents these Olympians’ stats with our Williamson chiropractic patients letting them know thery are not alone in their pain struggles.
KNEE EXERCISE and SMT WITH COX®
Apple Country Chiropractic 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. Make an appointment, and discover it for yourself! A few sessions and you will be excited to get out and move, walk, garden, build a snowman, and more!
CONTACT Apple Country Chiropractic
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 Williamson chiropractic appointment now. Join everybody else who comes to Apple Country Chiropractic with knee and back pain and leaves to start moving again, gardening again, walking again, rolling up snowballs again with a little extra spring in their step! Get out, and exercise!
