St Peters Encourages Walking for Back Pain Relief
Old Mill Chiropractic invites St Peters back pain sufferers and neck pain sufferers to walk. Walking is easy and effective in the management of pain. Walks don’t have be marathons! A walk in the park or around the block works well!
BACK PAIN’S DAILY IMPACT
$200 billion dollars a year fund back pain management. Back pain is a leading and common reason of medical care visits to primary care and emergency settings. Back pain is a top cause for worker compensation, missed work hours, and lost productivity. 90% of back pain is mechanical. 12 to 33% of people are reported to experience back pain at any point in time, making back pain a main focus of medical care and of sufferers’ attention and inattention to the day-to-day workings of life. (1) Back pain is expensive and quality of life altering for many.
SPINAL STENOSIS AND WALKING
Walking is a such a day-to-day necessity. One recent study described that back and neck pain were positively and significantly associated with workplace absenteeism mostly triggered by difficulty standing, sitting, and walking. (2) Walking is a vital daily function! Back pain sufferers headed to surgery will do well to boost their walking capacity before surgery. The greater the walking capacity pre-surgery. The better the walking capacity after surgery. Lumbar spinal stenosis as an underlying issue for back pain decreases walking and quality of life for its sufferers. Lumbar spinal stenosis is the main sign for spinal surgery in older adults, 40% of whom, even post-back surgery, still reported walking disability. (3) Old Mill Chiropractic encourages walking for everyone!
WALK IN A PARK!
Exercise like walking is a simple, straight-forward way to lessen St Peters back pain. Walking in a park may be attractive. Well-designed parks are reported to enhance public health. An interview study of peoples’ opinions about what makes parks inviting described that trees, gardens, open spaces, and water features were highly valued. Walking/bike trails, basketball hoops, sports/climbing walls were reported as physical activity encouraging. Seating, tables, and picnic areas were reported necessary for social interaction. (4)
CONTACT Old Mill Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Gary Stefanick on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes how he helped a patient after back surgery regain some quality of life with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your St Peters chiropractic appointment with Old Mill Chiropractic today. Ready for a walk?! Hope so!
