Chiropractic Treatment Plan With Cycling for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Pain Relief
Cycling. It’s fun. It is calming. It is a sport (most!) anyone can enjoy. It is a way to get relief from spinal stenosis related back pain. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is glad to share an enjoyable exercise option with West Des Moines chiropractic back pain patients for added West Des Moines back pain relief.
WHAT IS LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS
Lumbar spinal stenosis is the narrowing of the spinal canal area in the low back. Such narrowing follows from issues like degenerative disc disease and disc herniation. In older folks, lumbar spinal stenosis is familiar. As we get older, our discs lose nutrition and height - more so for some of us than others - which leads to that narrowing. Going to the grocery store becomes a delight just to lean forward over the grocery cart as it relieves pain! Why? Leaning forward flexes the spine and widens the spinal canal space thereby easing West Des Moines back pain.
WHY CYCLING
Researchers find that flexion-based training like cycling efficiently reduced back and enhanced function and quality of life in older people with chronic low back pain. (1) Improving the oxygen flow is a good thing to improve anyone’s outlook on life!
HOW CYCLING HELPS RELIEVE West Des Moines BACK PAIN FROM LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS
For older patients with lumbar spinal stenosis pain that’s lasted for years, a better quality of life is welcome! One study explored how cycling affected older back pain patients. Their average age was 70.9 years. Some were frightened of cycling due to fear of pain and fatigue, feeling the bike was too large, believing they didn’t have time to cycle, and not really wanting to participate in cycling. (Sounds like all of us at times! West Des Moines folks just have to schedule time to exercise regardless of our age!) Those who got over those issues and cycled were pleasantly satisfied with their clinical improvement (reduced leg pain and disability) and discovered that the bicycle was easy to use. (1) You never know until you try! Executive Chiropractic of Iowa supports our West Des Moines chiropractic patients to attempt novel things to assist with their West Des Moines back pain relief.
CYCLING HELPS AVOID BACK SURGERY
Something new that many West Des Moines chiropractic patients do not want to try is back surgery. When the pain is really uncomfortable, a back surgery may appear like a solution. In a study done at a spine surgery center, patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and low back pain undergo a 4 months’ training program using a stationary bicycle. They cycle at about 70% of maximal capacity. Almost 50% of the patients got better so much that they did not require spinal surgery. (2) Now that is a benefit West Des Moines lumbar spinal stenosis patients desire!
CONTACT Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding talking about a patient with lumbar spinal stenosis relieved with Cox Technic spinal manipulation on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson.
