St Peters 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 once. Distance may have been the target. Today, walking 90 minutes a week is a commendable target for back pain sufferers seeking St Peters back pain relief. Old Mill Chiropractic encourages walking along with chiropractic spinal manipulation for optimal walking ability and back pain relief.

EXERCISE FOR St Peters BACK PAIN RELIEF

Exercise is normally 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? Old Mill Chiropractic urges St Peters back pain patients to not add the word “just” before “walking”! Walking alone is a remarkably healing activity. Walking is central to everyday life. Walking is one thing many of us undervalue until we can’t walk or something like back pain stops us from walking like we used to. A new study verifies this: Walking more than 90 minutes per week was related to a lesser 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 times a week is ideal. (1) Old Mill Chiropractic suggests that our St Peters chiropractic patients walk.

CHIROPRACTIC ENHANCES WALKING

Seeing a licensed chiropractor improves walking distance. A new research article 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 is important! Old Mill Chiropractic uses gentle Cox® Technic spinal manipulation and promotes walking 3 times a week for 30 minutes each time. Being able to walk any distance for 30 minutes is important!

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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! Dr. Davis’ treatment plan helped him return to walking.  

Schedule your St Peters chiropractic appointment today. Old Mill Chiropractic wants our St Peters back pain patients to walk and know that walking is good. Running and speed aren’t necessary for back health, but walking is essential for back health and for quality of life!