Minster 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 target. Today, walking 90 minutes a week is an excellent aim for back pain sufferers seeking Minster back pain relief. Minster Chiropractic Center encourages walking along with chiropractic spinal manipulation for peak walking ability and back pain relief.

EXERCISE FOR Minster BACK PAIN RELIEF

Exercise is normally recommended to back pain patients. Muscle strengthening and aerobic exercise are well documented as being effective for low back pain relief. But what about walking? Minster Chiropractic Center encourages Minster back pain patients to not add the word “just” before “walking”! Walking alone is a remarkably healing activity. Walking is fundamental to everyday life. Walking is one thing many of us undervalue until we can’t walk or something like back pain stops us from walking like we used to. A recent study supports this: Walking more than 90 minutes each week was associated with a lesser risk of self-reported low back pain in adults over 50 years of age. 90 minutes is not much; regular walking for 30 minutes a day three days a week is ideal. (1) Minster Chiropractic Center suggests that our Minster chiropractic patients walk.

CHIROPRACTIC ENHANCES WALKING

Visiting a licensed chiropractor improves walking distance. A recent report discovered that an all-inclusive non-operative training which included an exercise program directed by a chiropractor improved back and lower extremity fitness and lumbar spine flexibility, eased pain and increased walking distance for lumbar spinal stenosis sufferers. (2) That is important! Minster Chiropractic Center uses gentle Cox® Technic spinal manipulation and promotes walking 3 times a week for 30 minutes each time. Having the ability to walk any distance for 30 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 Minster chiropractic appointment now. Minster Chiropractic Center wants our Minster back pain patients to walk and know that walking is good. Running and speed are not necessary for back health, but walking is necessary for back health and for quality of life!