Fort Wayne Encourages Walking for Back Pain Relief
Aaron Chiropractic Clinic invites Fort Wayne back pain sufferers and neck pain sufferers to walk. Walking is easy and effective in the management of pain. Walks do not have be crazy long! A walk in the park or around the block effects positive change!
BACK PAIN’S DAILY IMPACT
$200 billion dollars a year go to back pain management. Back pain is a top 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 have had back pain at any point in time, making back pain a main focus of medical care and of sufferers’ attention and inattention to the daily events of life. (1) Back pain is expensive and daily-life-limiting for many.
SPINAL STENOSIS AND WALKING
Walking is a such a day-to-day necessity. One newer study described that back and neck pain were positively and significantly associated with workplace absenteeism mostly caused by difficulty standing, sitting, and walking. (2) Walking is a key daily function! Back pain sufferers headed to surgery will do well to improve their walking capacity before surgery. The greater the walking capacity before 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 stated walking disability. (3) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic urges walking for everyone!
WALK IN A PARK!
Exercise like walking is a simple, straight-forward way to mitigate Fort Wayne back pain. Walking in a park may be attractive. Well-designed parks are said to improve public health. An interview study of peoples’ opinions about what makes parks inviting reported that trees, gardens, open spaces, and water features were highly cherished. Walking/bike trails, basketball hoops, sports/climbing walls were stated as physical activity encouraging. Seating, tables, and picnic areas were noted as essential for social interaction. (4)
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Gary Stefanick on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes how he guided a post-back-surgery patient in regaining his quality of life with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment with Aaron Chiropractic Clinic today. Time for a walk?! Hope so!
