Elgin Exercise Helps Cope with Pain and Aging
"If you don't keep going, you're gonna die." How’s that for a title to a paper?! Connected Chiropractic was even taken back a bit, but it is true. No matter your age, your pain, your life plan, we all have to keep going forward! This is so true for middle- to older-age Elgin back and neck pain sufferers. Fortunately, Connected Chiropractic is here to help.
ANTI-AGING EXERCISE BENEFITS
We all start looking for anti-aging benefits at a certain age! One set of researchers wrote that regular exercise has multi-system anti-aging effects and recommended more research to gather knowledge of just how molecular mediators of exercise benefits work in older folks instead of just turning to pharmaceuticals. (1) Connected Chiropractic enthusiastically agrees! Walking is great! This a terrific message for all Elgin pain sufferers!
BENEFICIAL DAILY EXERCISE STEPS
Take a walking stroll each day with a goal of 7000 steps. Why? Research. 2,110 black and white men and women and their steps-per-day counts were studied. They wore an accelerometer from 2005 to 2006 and then were followed for a mean of 10.8 years. Their stats were examined in 2020 and 2021 to measure what, if any, association was found between steps-per-day and all-mortality death risk. This study was a portion of the larger CARDIA (Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults) study. Steps-taken-per-day were described as “low” (less than 7000), “moderate” (7000-9999) and “high” (more than 10,000). Stepping intensity – stepping rate – played a role, too. Moderate/high step rate was associated with a reduced risk of mortality in black and white women and men in middle-age who took 7000 steps or more a day compared with those who walked less. (2) Connected Chiropractic witnesses how walking helps – 7000 steps or not – and urges Elgin chiropractic patients to take walks as best they can. Any walk works!
EXERCISE HELPS COPING WITH PAIN
How do most Elgin back pain patients deal with chronic low back pain? Some of the things people may say or feel are these:
- I feel helpless because nothing works.
- I feel down and depressed.
- I distantly wish for an end to it.
- I accept the reality of my pain.
- The pain stays, I keep going.
What about you? There is no right or wrong answer. Connected Chiropractic sees them all! Connected Chiropractic is by everyone’s side. We meet each back pain patient – old or young, active or inactive – where each one is. We create a treatment plan together. The researchers who came up with the above basic 5 categories of how sufferers deal with chronic low back pain recognized how pain impacts life. (3) So does Connected Chiropractic. Visiting our Elgin chiropractic office is a positive step toward perseverance in managing pain and enjoying life!
CONTACT Connected Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Shawn Nelson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes his use of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction helped a patient return to a desired quality of life while dealing with the leg and foot pain numbness she experienced.
Make your Elgin chiropractic appointment now. We are prepared to help you keep moving, better manage your pain, and enjoy life to the fullest!
