You & Olympians: Have Pain, Find Relief, Return to Exercise Year-Round
Everyone ought to exercise. Everyone needs to move. Physical activity is for all of us. Is mountain climbing or marathon running required? Nope! Walking is terrific. Muscle strengthening is superb. Gardening when the season is right is amazing. No gyms are even necessary for the physical activity that will keep you feeling good. If a knee or back injury occurs – and they happen to the best of us! – your Vancouver chiropractor at Vancouver Disc Centers is ready to get you back to moving with gentle, safe spinal distraction manipulation…and knee distraction for the familiar matter of knee pain!
EXERCISE IN ANY SEASON
A survey conducted in Finland in 2017 followed the physical activity participation of 18-64 year olds and 65+ year-olds. Researchers discovered that the 18-64 year olds met the recommended guidelines for physical activity – 42% of men and 39% of women – better than the 65+ year olds – 26% men and 20% women. What were the most popular interests people took part in throughout that time? Cleaning/maintenance work, walking, and stair climbing. What exercises did they do most consistently all year regardless of age/gender/season? Muscle-strengthening exercises and workout. Swimming, skiing, gardening, jogging, and stair climbing were more age/gender/season dependent. The researchers finally concluded that there are particular conditioning activities people will do. Proposals for physical activity recommendations must incorporate those to inspire the most physical activity possible. (1) What do you like to do? Vancouver Disc Centers is confident our Vancouver chiropractic patients and their families can find physical activities to do any time of year! Heck, even in snow, a good snowball toss can inspire activity!
OLYMPIC EXERCISE
Winter and summer, Olympians move! They’re very much like us though their training may be a bit more on the intense side. Elite athletes like the Olympians cope with pain and depression and keep going. A survey of Olympians from the 1948 to 2018 games revealed that 32.4% report pain today, and 35.9% have functional limitations they connect to their Olympics’ days. Knee (20.6% lasting 120 days median) and lumbar spine (13.1% lasting 100 days) were the top two injuries Olympians experienced in their training days. Depression was reported by 6.6% of them. (2) Vancouver Disc Centers shares these Olympians’ stats with our Vancouver chiropractic patients letting them know thery are not alone in their pain struggles.
KNEE EXERCISE and SMT WITH COX®
Vancouver Disc Centers is equipped to help when knee pain and back pain affect you. Gentle Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction and Spinal Manipulation and its distraction adaptation for knees are pain-relieving. Make an appointment, and discover it for yourself! A few sessions and you will be excited to get out and move, walk, garden, build a snowman, and more!
CONTACT Vancouver Disc Centers
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Luigi Albano on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates how his adaptation of Cox® Technic distraction principles for treating painful knees eases knee pain.
Set up your Vancouver chiropractic appointment today. Join everyone else who comes to Vancouver Disc Centers with knee and back pain and leaves to start moving again, gardening again, walking again, rolling up snowballs again with a little extra spring in their step! Get out, and exercise!
