La Grande Chiropractic Tip: Go out for a walk.
Every step counts! Walks are healthy. Walking is effective, even in small spurts.
It is a growing trend in La Grande and everywhere else. Walking is free and simple. It’s a physical activity that most everyone can do. Unfortunately only about 48% of adults get enough aerobic (activity that makes the heart pumping harder and blood vessels healthier) physical activity (1), so Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC recommends walking to all of our La Grande chiropractic patients particularly as they recover from a back pain episode.
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GUIDELINES
Physical Activity Guidelines propose just 2 and a half hours a week. (2) That is manageable! That can be accomplished in smaller chunks like five 30-minute walks or longer walks with others instead of coffee chats or dinners out. A walk while waiting to pick up kids at activities will do it. 145 million adults walk as part of their physical activity plan. Others like some in La Grande walk for fun or transportation or exercise. 6 in 10 walk for their aerobic physical activity. Others enjoy ballroom dancing or gardening. (1) Brisk walking, running, jogging, swimming or biking are potential activities when walking becomes a bit too comfortable, but walking might be for low back pain recurrence prevention as well as for cost. They’re calling it WalkBack. (5) Such a suitable name! Effectiveness and cost-savings might also be motivators to stay with a walking program.
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So if you are wanting to add some physical activity to your life or you are trying to re-gain your physically active life after an injury, illness or bout of back pain, just walk (after you check with your La Grande chiropractor first!). It will do you good! Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Amanda Harris on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she describes treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management that allowed a patient to walk again without a cane.
Contact Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC to set up your next appointment for personalized advice about integrating walking into your chiropractic care plan.
