Back pain slows life. Back pain disables. Back pain eases
with exercise and care. 50% relief is a good outcome in the world of back pain relief be it with exercise or surgery or non-surgical care like chiropractic. In the non-surgical realm, combining non-surgical, chiropractic care at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa with Cox Technic and exercise even raises the odds for even more back pain relief. In this article, Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is sharing how exercise can really be of value to our West Des Moines chiropractic patients. Exercise is something our West Des Moines back pain patients can control; you can choose to exercise or not. Choosing to exercise just boosts your chance of short term and long term relief.
One research team states in their report that
“The
most effective intervention [for back pain] is exercise, with higher benefits
in terms of pain and function.” (1) That's a bold statement though hopeful for West Des Moines back pain sufferers. Experience of your West Des Moines chiropractor allows confidence that
back pain relief is possible with a multi-prong approach to care. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa offers
chiropractic care’s multi-prong approach of
spinal manipulation,
exercise,
nutrition, physiological therapeutics and more. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa helps West Des Moines back pain sufferers regain some
control over their back pain by exercising.
Executive Chiropractic of Iowa will hear our West Des Moines patients say “Exercise takes so much time.” Some exercises take very little time. Some exercises have multiple
benefits. Learn those, and take less time to exercise. Take for example running
in place – any time, any place. It strengthens the abdominal muscles which
support the spine. (2) The erector spinae muscles in the spine are important in
supporting the spine, too. Ironically, though, the specific-targeting back extension
exercises don’t activate the upper lumbar erector spinae or the lumbosacral
erector spinae as well as simple running. (3) West Des Moines back pain
patients are in luck then. A little running is effective in multiple ways.
Now, Executive Chiropractic of Iowa knows that chronic non-specific low back
pain influences trunk and lower limb movement (like the knee joint). (4) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa therefore reminds our
West Des Moines low back pain patients to be careful when walking and/or
running but to keep moving.
If you’re still a skeptical
West Des Moines back pain sufferer about exercise, consider that exercise
improves pain and function and relieves depression and anxiety related to back
pain. (1) Depression is a real issue when you have back pain. Sometimes, pain keeps you, our
West Des Moines back pain patient, from being you and doing what you
normally do due to pain or due to fear of pain. Researchers report that
exercise done properly helps heal the body and ease the mind!
One last note, especially if you are not a big exercise fan,
is that even elite athletes like marathon runners get back pain. As a matter of
fact, half of runners in a half marathon reported back pain. These same runners,
though, report that running the marathon despite their pain improved their pain
(49%) rather than worsened it (27%). (5) Isn’t that motivating?
Contact Executive Chiropractic of Iowa. Your West Des Moines
chiropractor isn’t going to insist that you become a marathon runner. Promise!
But Executive Chiropractic of Iowa will be encouraged to exercise: just walk or run (in place or a distance). Whatever exercise is recommended for you will
be for you and no one else! Exercise is one of the prongs in Executive Chiropractic of Iowa’s
West Des Moines chiropractic care treatment plan for you.
