Elgin 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 once. Distance may have been the aim. Today, walking 90 minutes a week is a worthy aim for back pain sufferers seeking Elgin back pain relief. Connected Chiropractic encourages walking along with chiropractic spinal manipulation for peak walking ability and back pain relief.

EXERCISE FOR Elgin BACK PAIN RELIEF

Exercise is usually recommended to back pain patients. Muscle strengthening and aerobic exercise are well documented as being effective for relief of low back pain. But walking alone is not talked about as much? Connected Chiropractic urges Elgin back pain patients to not add the word “just” ahead of “walking”! Walking alone is an incredibly healing activity. Walking is fundamental to everyday life. Walking is something many of us take for granted until we can’t walk or something like back pain prevents us from walking like we used to. A recent study corroborates this: Walking more than an hour and a half each week was related to a lesser risk of self-reported low back pain in adults over 50 years of age. 90 minutes is not bad; regular walking for 30 minutes daily three times a week is best. (1) Connected Chiropractic suggests that our Elgin chiropractic patients walk.

CHIROPRACTIC ENHANCES WALKING

Seeing a licensed chiropractor increases walking distance. A new research report found that a comprehensive non-operative training which included an exercise program directed by a chiropractor enhanced back and lower extremity fitness and lumbar spine flexibility, eased pain and improved walking distance for lumbar spinal stenosis sufferers. (2) That is significant! Connected Chiropractic uses gentle Cox® Technic spinal manipulation and encourages walking 3 times a week for 30 minutes each time. Having the ability to walk any distance for a half hour is valuable!

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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 struggled with walking inside the house let alone outside. He missed walking! He’s walking again after Dr. Davis’ treatment.  

Schedule your Elgin chiropractic appointment now. Connected Chiropractic wants our Elgin 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!