Exercise Improves Sleep and Vancouver Back Pain
Better sleep. Less anxiety. Back Pain Relief. What links them together? Exercise! Vancouver chiropractic patients come to know that acting on this one little recommendation to exercise – even just walking! – in their Vancouver chiropractic treatment plan benefits in many ways.
TOO LITTLE SLEEP, TOO MUCH PAIN
What’s known about the sleep and pain connection? It’s known that sleep disturbance and depression affect the back pain patient’s state of mind. Experiencing Vancouver back pain can be disheartening if it lasts for too long (more than 12 weeks) without respite as is the case in chronic low back pain. (1) Current clinical guidelines all endorse exercise and physical activity for back pain sufferers. Researchers questioned if poor sleep prevents these patients from exercising. (2) Good question! Other researchers then described that such a disruption to sleep is related to physical inactivity and depression. (2) Sleep permits the body to rest and regenerate for the next day’s tasks. Without sleep, the chronic back pain sufferer attempts the next day with less than optimal capability. Vancouver Disc Centers wants all Vancouver chiropractic care patients to be fully ready to cope with their Vancouver back pain and do what they can for Vancouver back pain relief.
WHAT HELPS SLEEP AND PAIN
Exercise is widely suggested to Vancouver back pain sufferers in aiding their path to Vancouver back pain relief. Stabilization exercise is reported to be quite valuable in managing sleep disturbance, pain-related disability, depression and anxiety for chronic low back pain patients. In a review of 26 chronic back pain patients who performed stabilization exercise for only 8 weeks straight, everything improved: sleep quality, disability, depression level, and anxiety level. (1) Another study of 1645 people aged 1 to 91 years found that improved sleep quality is tied to routine physical activity. This study also learned that patients over 40 years old with chronic diseases like hypertension and diabetes had poorer sleep and yet they used more time lying down. (3) As your Vancouver back pain specialist, your Vancouver chiropractor considers the whole Vancouver back pain patient and examines any and all factors when recommending an exercise strategy personalized for each Vancouver back pain sufferer.
CONTACT Vancouver Disc Centers
Schedule your Vancouver chiropractic appointment with Vancouver Disc Centers today. Together we can discover the best approach for a Vancouver back pain sufferer to achieve better sleep, back pain relief, and like life just a bit more!
