Juneau 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 aim. Today, walking 90 minutes a week is a worthy target for back pain sufferers seeking Juneau back pain relief. Aurora Chiropractic Center encourages walking along with chiropractic spinal manipulation for optimal walking ability and back pain relief.

EXERCISE FOR Juneau BACK PAIN RELIEF

Exercise is frequently recommended to back pain patients. Muscle strengthening and aerobic exercise are well documented to be effective for low back pain relief. But walking alone is not talked about as much? Aurora Chiropractic Center encourages Juneau back pain patients to not tag on the word “just” ahead of “walking”! Walking alone is an incredibly healing activity. Walking is fundamental to everyday life. Walking is one thing so many of us undervalue until we can not walk or something like back pain stops us from walking like we once did. A new research report verifies this: Walking more than 90 minutes a week was related to a lesser risk of self-reported low back pain in adults who are 50 years old and over. 90 minutes is not much; regular walking for 30 minutes a day three days a week is optimal. (1) Aurora Chiropractic Center suggests that our Juneau chiropractic patients walk.

CHIROPRACTIC ENHANCES WALKING

Visiting a licensed chiropractor improves walking distance. A recent report discovered that an all-inclusive non-surgical training which included an exercise program directed by a chiropractor improved back and lower extremity fitness and lumbar spine flexibility, decreased pain and increased walking distance for lumbar spinal stenosis sufferers. (2) That’s significant! Aurora Chiropractic Center uses gentle Cox® Technic spinal manipulation and promotes walking 3 times a week for 30 minutes each time. Being able to walk any distance for a half hour is valuable!

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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 return to walking.  

Schedule your Juneau chiropractic appointment today. Aurora Chiropractic Center wants our Juneau 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!