You & Olympians: Have Pain, Find Relief, Return to Exercise Year-Round
Everybody needs to exercise. Everybody needs to move. Physical activity is for all of us. Is 5K running or rappelling up a cliff necessary? Nope! Walking is superb. Muscle strengthening is superb. Gardening when the season is suitable is wonderful. No gyms are even necessary for the physical activity that will make you feel good. If a knee or back injury occurs – and they do to the best of us! – your La Grande chiropractor at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is ready to get you back to moving with gentle, safe spinal distraction manipulation…and knee distraction for the common issue of knee pain!
EXERCISE IN ANY WEATHER
A study conducted in Finland in 2017 followed the physical activity participation of 18-64 year olds and 65+ year-olds. Researchers found that the 18-64 year olds achieved the recommended guidelines for physical activity – 42% of men and 39% of women – better than the 65+ year olds – 26% men and 20% women. What were the most popular interests people did throughout the year? Cleaning/maintenance work, walking, and stair climbing. What exercises did they perform most consistently throughout the year irrespective of age/gender/season? Muscle-strengthening exercises and workout. Swimming, skiing, gardening, jogging, and stair climbing were more age/gender/season dependent. The researchers finally concluded that there are particular conditioning activities people will do. Suggestions for physical activity recommendations must incorporate those to encourage the most physical activity possible. (1) What do you like to do? Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is confident our La Grande chiropractic patients and their families can discover exercises to do any time of year! Heck, even in snow, a good snowball toss can get us moving!
OLYMPIC EXERCISE
Winter and summer, Olympians move! They’re really like us though their training may be a bit more intense. Elite athletes like the Olympians cope with pain and depression and keep going. A survey of Olympians from the 1948 to 2018 games found that 32.4% report current pain, and 35.9% report current functional limitations due to their Olympics’ days. Knee (20.6% lasting 120 days median) and lumbar spine (13.1% lasting 100 days) were the top two injuries Olympians experienced in their training days. Depression was reported by 6.6% of them. (2) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC shares these Olympians’ stats with our La Grande chiropractic patients to let them know they’re not alone in their pain struggles.
KNEE EXERCISE and SMT WITH COX®
Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is ready to help when knee pain and back pain affect you. Gentle Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction and Spinal Manipulation and its distraction adaptation for knees are pain-relieving. Come in, and discover it for yourself! A few sessions and you will be excited to get out and move, walk, garden, build a snowman, and more!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Luigi Albano on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates how his adaptation of Cox® Technic distraction principles for treating painful knees eases knee pain.
Make your La Grande chiropractic appointment now. Join everybody else who comes to Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC with knee and back pain and walks out the door ready to start moving again, gardening again, walking again, rolling up snowballs again with a bit more spring in their step! Get out, and exercise!
