Oxford 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 at one time. Distance may have been the target. Today, walking 90 minutes a week is a worthy aim for back pain sufferers seeking Oxford back pain relief. Satterwhite Chiropractic encourages walking along with chiropractic spinal manipulation for prime walking ability and back pain relief.

EXERCISE FOR Oxford BACK PAIN RELIEF

Exercise is normally recommended to back pain patients. Muscle strengthening and aerobic exercise are well documented to be effective for low back pain relief. But walking alone is not talked about as much? Satterwhite Chiropractic encourages Oxford back pain patients to not tag on the word “just” ahead of “walking”! Walking itself is an amazingly healing activity. Walking is fundamental to everyday life. Walking is something so many of us undervalue until we can’t walk or something like back pain prevents us from walking like we used to. A new research report supports this: Walking more than ninety minutes a week was associated with a lower risk of self-reported low back pain in adults over 50 years of age. 90 minutes is not bad; regular walking for 30 minutes a day three times a week is ideal. (1) Satterwhite Chiropractic suggests that our Oxford chiropractic patients walk.

CHIROPRACTIC ENHANCES WALKING

Visiting a licensed chiropractor increases walking distance. A recent article discovered that an all-inclusive non-surgical training which involved an exercise program directed by a chiropractor enhanced back and lower extremity fitness and lumbar spine flexibility, eased pain and increased walking distance for lumbar spinal stenosis sufferers. (2) That’s important! Satterwhite Chiropractic uses gentle Cox® Technic spinal manipulation and promotes walking 3 times a week for 30 minutes each time. Having the ability to walk any distance for a half hour 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 could hardly walk inside the house let alone outside. He missed walking! He’s walking again after Dr. Davis’ treatment.  

Schedule your Oxford chiropractic appointment today. Satterwhite Chiropractic wants our Oxford back pain patients to walk and know that walking is good. Running and speed are not necessary for back health, but walking is necessary for back health and for quality of life!