West Des Moines Back Pain Benefits from Walking and Chiropractic Care

Walk. Walk. Walk. Running may have been a ‘go to’ exercise when you were younger. Speed may have been a goal once. Distance may have been the aim. Today, walking 90 minutes a week is a worthy target for back pain sufferers seeking West Des Moines back pain relief. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa suggests walking along with chiropractic spinal manipulation for optimal walking ability and back pain relief.

EXERCISE FOR West Des Moines BACK PAIN RELIEF

Exercise is normally recommended to back pain patients. Muscle strengthening and aerobic exercise are well documented to be effective for low back pain relief. But what about walking? Executive Chiropractic of Iowa urges West Des Moines back pain patients to not tag on the word “just” ahead of “walking”! Walking alone is a remarkably healing activity. Walking is essential to everyday life. Walking is one thing many of us take for granted until we can’t walk or something like back pain stops us from walking like we once did. A new study verifies this: Walking more than an hour and a half a week was related to a lesser risk of self-reported low back pain in adults over 50 years of age. 90 minutes is not much; regular walking for 30 minutes a day three days a week is best. (1) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa suggests that our West Des Moines chiropractic patients walk.

CHIROPRACTIC ENHANCES WALKING

Seeing a licensed chiropractor improves walking distance. A new research report found that an all-inclusive non-surgical training which involved an exercise program directed by a chiropractor enhanced back and lower extremity fitness and lumbar spine flexibility, decreased pain and improved walking distance for lumbar spinal stenosis sufferers. (2) That is significant! Executive Chiropractic of Iowa uses gentle Cox® Technic spinal manipulation and promotes walking 3 times a week for 30 minutes each time. Being able to walk any distance for 30 minutes is important!

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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! Dr. Davis’ treatment plan helped him get back to walking.  

Schedule your West Des Moines chiropractic appointment today. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa wants our West Des Moines back pain patients to walk and know that walking is good. Running and speed aren’t necessary for back health, but walking is necessary for back health and for quality of life!