January 2019 Minster Chiropractic Healthy News: Walking, Spinal Manipulation, & Exercise

 

Walking is important for Minster living. How often do you think about walking? How many times are you grateful for the ability to put one foot in front of the other? Most Minster folks don’t give walking a second thought until we or a Minster loved one can not do it or can’t|can not]11] do it as easily as we once did. Chronic non-specific low back pain tends to disrupt Minster back pain patients’ motor control when trying to walk normally. It is thought that the erector spinae are operating strenuously in these patients, resulting in a stiff lumbar-pelvic region and more difficult time walking. (1) A new report describes that spinal manipulation combined with individualized exercise improves the walking ability in back pain patients like those Minster Chiropractic Center sees every day who are suffering with lumbar spinal stenosis better than medical care (medications/epidural steroid injections) and/or group exercise in the short term. (2) Further, spinal manipulation for patients with lumbar radiculopathy (leg pain) also promotes the relief of leg and back pain, disability, range of motion and patient satisfaction. (3) The Minster chiropractic care at Minster Chiropractic Center uses one or all these approaches as appropriate to get you the Minster back pain relief you want and keep you walking without your giving it a second thought.