West Des Moines Encourages Walking for Back Pain Relief

Executive Chiropractic of Iowa invites West Des Moines back pain sufferers and neck pain sufferers to walk. Walking is easy and effective in the management of pain. Walks don’t have be crazy long! A walk in the park or around the neighborhood does wonders!

BACK PAIN’S DAILY IMPACT

$200 billion dollars a year fund back pain management. Back pain is a leading and common cause of medical care visits to primary care and emergency settings. Back pain is the most common cause for worker compensation, lost work hours, and lost productivity. 90% of back pain is mechanical. 12 to 33% of people are reported to have had back pain at any point in time, making back pain a primary emphasis of medical care and of sufferers’ attention and inattention to the daily events of life. (1) Back pain is costly and quality of life altering for many.

SPINAL STENOSIS AND WALKING

Walking is a such a day-to-day necessity. One recent study described that back and neck pain were positively and significantly associated with workplace absenteeism mostly caused 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 better the walking capacity pre-surgery. The greater the walking capacity afterwards. Lumbar spinal stenosis as an underlying issue for back pain decreases 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 after back surgery, still described walking disability. (3) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa urges walking for everyone!

WALK IN A PARK!

Exercise like walking is a simple, straight-forward way to ease West Des Moines back pain. Walking in a park may be enticing. Well-designed parks are described to enhance public health. An interview study of peoples’ opinions about what creates an inviting park described that trees, gardens, open spaces, and water features were highly valued. Walking/bike trails, basketball hoops, sports/climbing walls were stated as physical activity encouraging. Seating, tables, and picnic areas were reported necessary for social interaction. (4)

CONTACT Executive Chiropractic of Iowa

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Gary Stefanick on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes 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 Des Moines chiropractic appointment with Executive Chiropractic of Iowa today. Time for a walk?! Hope so!

Executive Chiropractic of Iowa urges West Des Moines back pain sufferers to walk to ease back pain and related pain. 
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