Fort Wayne Chronic Low Back Pain Related to Physical Activity Level
Is exercise really all that? Back pain sufferers ask, especially those who don’t enjoy physical activity! May Fort Wayne back pain sufferers are not exercisers by nature. (Are you?) Your Fort Wayne chiropractor knows all sorts of back pain sufferers and knows all sorts of physical activity options that may be more interesting. At Aaron Chiropractic Clinic we try to pair the exercise routine to the chronic back pain sufferer and symptomatology to optimize the results of exercise described 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 us first describe physically active versus sedentary. 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 per 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 contrasted 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 aspects. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic knows some chronic low back pain patients are more likely to exercise and be physically active than others who are more sedentary. What is the difference in these folks? Researchers found a few things: more physically active folks (those who perform at least 150 minutes of moderate or 75 mins. of vigorous physical activity a week) experience 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 taking care of back pain patients and encouraging physical activity and reducing sedentary lifestyle activity. How can Aaron Chiropractic Clinic assist our more sedentary back pain sufferers? Hopefully sharing these little bits of information is helpful! Your Fort Wayne chiropractor is right here with you. Let us know your thoughts on how we can help you!
EXERCISE IS EFFECTIVE FOR CHRONIC BACK PAIN
In a Cochrane Review done by a high level scientific and very 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 found. (3) Exercise repeatedly shows itself to be good for dealing with 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 discusses what back pain patients can expect from treatment with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. The system is a joint venture!
Schedule your next Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment today. We are here for every Fort Wayne chiropractic patient, active and sedentary! Whatever your physical activity level, trust Aaron Chiropractic Clinic to walk the path to reduced back pain with you. Exercise is beneficial. We’ll find some form of physical activity that works for you.
