Vancouver 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 Vancouver back pain relief. Vancouver Disc Centers encourages walking along with chiropractic spinal manipulation for peak walking ability and back pain relief.

EXERCISE FOR Vancouver BACK PAIN RELIEF

Exercise is usually 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? Vancouver Disc Centers encourages Vancouver back pain patients to not tag on the word “just” before “walking”! Walking alone is an amazingly healing activity. Walking is central to everyday life. Walking is something many of us take for granted until we can not walk or something like back pain stops us from walking like we once did. A recent study verifies this: Walking more than 90 minutes each week was associated with a lower risk of self-reported low back pain in adults who are 50 years old and over. 90 minutes is not bad; regular walking for 30 minutes daily three days a week is optimal. (1) Vancouver Disc Centers suggests that our Vancouver chiropractic patients walk.

CHIROPRACTIC ENHANCES WALKING

Seeing a licensed chiropractor improves walking distance. A new research report discovered that a comprehensive non-surgical training which included an exercise program directed by a chiropractor enhanced back and lower extremity fitness and lumbar spine flexibility, eased pain and increased walking distance for lumbar spinal stenosis sufferers. (2) That’s significant! Vancouver Disc Centers uses gentle Cox® Technic spinal manipulation and encourages walking 30 minutes three times a week. Having the ability to walk any distance for thirty minutes is essential!

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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! He’s walking again after Dr. Davis’ treatment.  

Schedule your Vancouver chiropractic appointment now. Vancouver Disc Centers wants our Vancouver back pain patients to walk and know that walking is good. Running and speed aren’t necessary for back health, but walking is necessary for back health and for quality of life!