La Grande 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 at one time. Distance may have been the aim. Today, walking 90 minutes a week is a worthy aim for back pain sufferers seeking La Grande back pain relief. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC suggests walking along with chiropractic spinal manipulation for peak walking ability and back pain relief.

EXERCISE FOR La Grande BACK PAIN RELIEF

Exercise is normally recommended to back pain patients. Muscle strengthening and aerobic exercise are well documented to be effective for relief of low back pain. But walking alone is not talked about as much? Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC urges La Grande back pain patients to not add the word “just” before “walking”! Walking itself is a remarkably healing activity. Walking is basic to everyday life. Walking is one thing many of us underappreciate until we can not walk or something like back pain stops us from walking like we used to. A new research report corroborates this: Walking more than 90 minutes per week was related to a lower risk of self-reported low back pain in adults over 50 years of age. 90 minutes is not bad; regular walking for 30 minutes a day three days a week is best. (1) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC suggests that our La Grande chiropractic patients walk.

CHIROPRACTIC ENHANCES WALKING

Visiting a licensed chiropractor increases walking distance. A new research report discovered that a comprehensive non-surgical training which included an exercise program directed by a chiropractor improved back and lower extremity fitness and lumbar spine flexibility, decreased pain and improved walking distance for lumbar spinal stenosis sufferers. (2) That is important! Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC uses gentle Cox® Technic spinal manipulation and encourages walking 30 minutes three times a week. Being able to walk any distance for a half hour is essential!

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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 could hardly walk inside the house let alone outside. He missed walking! Dr. Davis’ treatment plan helped him get back to walking.  

Schedule your La Grande chiropractic appointment today. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC wants our La Grande back pain patients to walk and know that walking is good. Running and speed aren’t necessary for back health, but walking is essential for back health and for quality of life!