Juneau Chronic Low Back Pain Related to Physical Activity Level
Does exercise really work? Back pain sufferers ask, especially those who try to avoid physical activity! Some Juneau back pain sufferers are not exercisers by nature. (Are you?) Your Juneau chiropractor knows all sorts of back pain sufferers and knows a variety of physical activity options that may be more interesting. At Aurora Chiropractic Center we try to pair the exercise option to the chronic back pain sufferer and symptomatology to maximize the outcomes of exercise shown in research studies to be valuable in managing, relieving, and preventing back pain.
3 HOURS OF LEISURE TIME: What do you do?
What you do in your non-work hours makes a difference! Let us first define physically active versus sedentary. Researchers in one study described physically active folks as those who were more active in their leisure time. They spent 3 hours of their leisure time per day being physically active. Sedentary folks spent 3 hours or more per day of their leisure time sitting. Physically active folks were 33% less likely to have low back pain contrasted with more sedentary folks. (1) Takeaway: Be more physically active in your off-time! Like gardening? Garden! Like walking? Walk! Like talking? Take a walk with a friend, and talk!
ACTIVE AND SEDENTARY BACK PAIN SUFFERERS AND THEIR ACTIVITY LEVEL
We’re all different! When it comes to back pain, the difference comes to light even more in some aspects. Aurora Chiropractic Center knows a few chronic low back pain patients are more likely to exercise and be physically active than others who tend to be more sedentary. What’s the difference in these folks? Researchers found a few things: more physically active folks (those who perform at least 150 minutes of moderate or 75 mins. of vigorous physical activity per week) have a lower body mass index and higher levels of leisure time physical activity. Sedentary folks (those who perform more than 8 hours of time in sedentary activities a day) tend to have lesser levels of activity at work. (2) Hum? We know that such patient characteristics need to be considered when taking care of back pain patients and encouraging physical activity and reducing sedentary lifestyle activity. How can Aurora Chiropractic Center assist our more sedentary back pain sufferers? Hopefully sharing these little bits of information is beneficial! Your Juneau chiropractor is right here with you. Let us know your ideas on how we can help you!
EXERCISE IS EFFECTIVE FOR CHRONIC BACK PAIN
In a Cochrane Review done by a high level scientific and very respected research group, exercise for chronic low back pain was shown again as promisingly relieving. The review involved reviewing 249 papers and their outcomes. Pain relief and functional limitation improvement were noted. (3) Exercise keeps showing itself to be good for managing chronic low back pain.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares what back pain patients can expect from care via The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. The system is a partnership!
Make your next Juneau chiropractic appointment soon. We are here for every Juneau chiropractic patient, active and sedentary! Whatever your physical activity level, trust Aurora Chiropractic Center to walk the path to decreased back pain with you. Exercise is beneficial. We’ll find some type of physical activity that works for you.
