St Peters Chronic Low Back Pain Related to Physical Activity Level
Is exercise really all that? Back pain sufferers wonder, especially those who don’t enjoy physical activity! Some St Peters back pain sufferers are not exercisers by nature. (Are you?) Your St Peters chiropractor meets all sorts of back pain sufferers and knows all sorts of physical activity options that may be more appealing. At Old Mill Chiropractic we try to pair the exercise routine to the chronic back pain sufferer and symptomatology to optimize the outcomes of exercise shown in research studies to be beneficial in managing, relieving, and preventing back pain.
3 HOURS OF LEISURE TIME: What do you do?
How do you spend your non-work hours makes a difference! Let’s first define sedentary versus physically active. Researchers in one study defined physically active folks as those who were more active in their leisure time. They spent 3 hours of their leisure time a day being physically active. Sedentary folks spent 3 hours or more per day of their leisure time sitting. Physically active folks were 33% less likely to have low back pain compared with more sedentary folks. (1) Takeaway: Be more physically active in your off-time! Like gardening? Garden! Like walking? Walk! Like talking? Take a walk with a friend, and talk!
ACTIVE AND SEDENTARY BACK PAIN SUFFERERS AND THEIR ACTIVITY LEVEL
We are all different! Regarding back pain, the difference comes to light even more in some regards. Old Mill Chiropractic knows some chronic low back pain patients are more prone to exercising and being physically active than others who are more sedentary. What’s the difference in these folks? Researchers found a few things: more physically active ones (those who do at least 150 minutes of moderate or 75 mins. of vigorous physical activity a week) have a lower body mass index and higher levels of leisure time physical activity. Sedentary folks (those who perform more than 8 hours of time in sedentary activities a day) tend to have low levels of activity at work. (2) Hum? We know that such patient characteristics need to be considered when treating back pain patients and encouraging physical activity and reducing sedentary lifestyle activity. How can Old Mill Chiropractic help our more sedentary back pain sufferers? Hopefully sharing these little bits of information is beneficial! Your St Peters chiropractor is right here with you. Let us know your thoughts on how we can assist you!
EXERCISE IS EFFECTIVE FOR CHRONIC BACK PAIN
In a Cochrane Review done by a high level scientific and well respected research group, exercise for chronic low back pain was shown once again to be promisingly relieving. The review consisted of 249 papers and their outcomes. Pain relief and functional limitation improvement were noted. (3) Exercise keeps showing itself to be good for managing chronic low back pain.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares what back pain patients can expect from treatment via The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. The system is a partnership!
Set up your next St Peters chiropractic appointment today. We are here for every St Peters chiropractic patient, active and sedentary! Whatever your physical activity level, know that Old Mill Chiropractic is here to walk the path to decreased back pain with you. Exercise is beneficial. We will find some form of physical activity that works for you.
