Williamson Back Pain Benefits from Walking and Chiropractic Care

Walk. Walk. Walk. Running may have been a ‘go to’ exercise a few years ago. Speed may have been a goal at one time. Distance may have been the target. Today, walking 90 minutes a week is a commendable goal for back pain sufferers seeking Williamson back pain relief. Apple Country Chiropractic encourages walking along with chiropractic spinal manipulation for optimal walking ability and back pain relief.

EXERCISE FOR Williamson BACK PAIN RELIEF

Exercise is normally recommended to back pain patients. Muscle strengthening and aerobic exercise are well documented to be effective for low back pain relief. But what about walking? Apple Country Chiropractic encourages Williamson back pain patients to not add the word “just” ahead of “walking”! Walking itself is an amazingly healing activity. Walking is fundamental to everyday life. Walking is something many of us underappreciate until we can not walk or something like back pain stops us from walking like we used to. A new study verifies this: Walking more than ninety minutes each week was associated with a lower risk of self-reported low back pain in adults over 50 years of age. 90 minutes is not much; regular walking for 30 minutes daily three days a week is ideal. (1) Apple Country Chiropractic suggests that our Williamson chiropractic patients walk.

CHIROPRACTIC ENHANCES WALKING

Visiting a licensed chiropractor improves 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 increased walking distance for lumbar spinal stenosis sufferers. (2) That is significant! Apple Country Chiropractic 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 get back to walking.  

Schedule your Williamson chiropractic appointment now. Apple Country Chiropractic wants our Williamson 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!