West Palm Beach Encourages Walking for Back Pain Relief

Chiropractic Care invites West Palm Beach 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 does wonders!

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 stated 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 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 recent study stated 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 improve their walking capacity before surgery. The greater the walking capacity pre-surgery. The better the walking capacity afterwards. Lumbar spinal stenosis as an underlying issue for back pain reduces 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) Chiropractic Care encourages walking for everyone!

WALK IN A PARK!

Exercise like walking is a simple, easy way to allay West Palm Beach back pain. Walking in a park may be attractive. Well-designed parks are described 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 appreciated. Walking/bike trails, basketball hoops, sports/climbing walls were described as physical activity boosters. Seating, tables, and picnic areas were reported necessary for social interaction. (4)

CONTACT Chiropractic Care

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Gary Stefanick on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses how he helped a patient after back surgery regain some quality of life with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.  

Schedule your West Palm Beach chiropractic appointment with Chiropractic Care today. Time for a walk?! Hope so!