Concord, NC Back Pain Benefits from Walking and Chiropractic Care

Walk. Walk. Walk. Running may have been a ‘go to’ exercise when you were younger. Speed may have been a goal once. Distance may have been the aim. Today, walking 90 minutes a week is a worthy aim for back pain sufferers seeking Concord, NC back pain relief. Pure Chiropractic encourages walking along with chiropractic spinal manipulation for peak walking ability and back pain relief.

EXERCISE FOR Concord, NC BACK PAIN RELIEF

Exercise is usually recommended to back pain patients. Muscle strengthening and aerobic exercise are well documented to be effective for relief of low back pain. But walking alone is not talked about as much? Pure Chiropractic encourages Concord, NC back pain patients to not tag on the word “just” before “walking”! Walking itself is an amazingly healing activity. Walking is central to everyday life. Walking is one thing many of us take for granted until we can’t walk or something like back pain stops us from walking like we once did. A recent study supports this: Walking more than an hour and a half per week was related to a lower risk of self-reported low back pain in adults over 50 years of age. 90 minutes is not much; regular walking for 30 minutes a day three days a week is ideal. (1) Pure Chiropractic suggests that our Concord, NC chiropractic patients walk.

CHIROPRACTIC ENHANCES WALKING

Seeing a licensed chiropractor increases walking distance. A recent report found that a comprehensive 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 improved walking distance for lumbar spinal stenosis sufferers. (2) That’s significant! Pure Chiropractic uses gentle Cox® Technic spinal manipulation and encourages walking 30 minutes three times a week. 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 could hardly walk inside the house let alone outside. He missed walking! He walks again after Dr. Davis’ treatment.  

Schedule your Concord, NC chiropractic appointment today. Pure Chiropractic wants our Concord, NC back pain patients to walk and know that walking is good. Running and speed are not necessary for back health, but walking is essential for back health and for quality of life!