Juneau Exercise Helps Cope with Pain and Aging
"If you don't keep going, you're gonna die." How’s that for a title to a paper?! Aurora Chiropractic Center was even taken back a bit, but it’s true. No matter your age, your pain, your life plan, we all have to keep going forward! This is never more real for middle- to older-age Juneau back and neck pain sufferers. Luckily, Aurora Chiropractic Center is here to help.
ANTI-AGING EXERCISE BENEFITS
We all start looking for anti-aging benefits at a certain age! One group of researchers wrote that regular exercise has multi-system anti-aging effects and called for more research to gather knowledge of just how molecular mediators of exercise benefits function in older folks rather than just looking for pharmaceuticals. (1) Aurora Chiropractic Center wholeheartedly agrees! Walking is amazing! This an important message for all Juneau pain sufferers!
BENEFICIAL DAILY EXERCISE STEPS
Walk each day with a goal of 7000 steps. Why? Research. 2,110 black and white men and women and their steps-per-day counts were studied. They sported an accelerometer from 2005 to 2006 and then were monitored for a mean of 10.8 years. Their stats were analyzed in 2020 and 2021 to see what, if any, association was made between steps-per-day and all-mortality death risk. This study was a portion of the larger CARDIA (Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults) study. Steps-taken-per-day were defined as “low” (less than 7000), “moderate” (7000-9999) and “high” (more than 10,000). Stepping intensity – stepping rate – played a role, too. Moderate/high step rate was associated with a reduced risk of mortality in black and white women and men in middle-age who walked 7000 steps or more a day compared with those who took less. (2) Aurora Chiropractic Center sees how walking helps – 7000 steps or not – and encourages Juneau chiropractic patients to take walks as best they can. Any walk will do!
EXERCISE HELPS COPING WITH PAIN
How do most Juneau back pain patients cope with chronic low back pain? Some of the things people may express are these:
- I feel helpless because nothing works.
- I feel down and depressed.
- I distantly wish for an end to it.
- I accept the reality of my pain.
- The pain stays, I keep going.
What about you? There’s no right or wrong answer. Aurora Chiropractic Center sees them all! Aurora Chiropractic Center is by everyone’s side. We meet each back pain patient – old or young, active or inactive – where each one is. We create a treatment plan together. The researchers who formulated the above basic 5 categories of how sufferers manage chronic low back pain acknowledged how pain influences life. (3) So does Aurora Chiropractic Center. Consulting our Juneau chiropractic office is a good step toward perseverance in managing pain and enjoying life!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Shawn Nelson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses his use of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction helped a patient return to a desired quality of life while dealing with the leg and foot pain numbness she had.
Schedule your Juneau chiropractic appointment now. We are ready to help you keep going, better cope with your pain, and enjoy life to the fullest!
