La Grande Chronic Low Back Pain Related to Physical Activity Level
Does exercise really work? Back pain sufferers wonder, especially those who don’t enjoy physical activity! Some La Grande back pain sufferers are not exercisers by nature. (Are you?) Your La Grande chiropractor meets all sorts of back pain sufferers and knows a variety of physical activity options that may be more appealing. At Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC we try to match the exercise routine to the chronic back pain patient and symptomatology to optimize the results of exercise shown in research studies to be beneficial in managing, relieving, and preventing back pain.
3 HOURS OF LEISURE TIME: What do you do?
How do you spend your non-work hours makes a difference! Let’s first define physically active versus sedentary. Researchers in one study described physically active folks as those who were more active in their leisure time. They spent 3 hours of their leisure time per day being physically active. Sedentary folks spent 3 hours or more a day of their leisure time sitting. Physically active folks were 33% less likely to have low back pain compared with more sedentary folks. (1) Takeaway: Be more physically active in your off-time! Like gardening? Garden! Like walking? Walk! Like talking? Take a walk with a friend, and talk!
ACTIVE AND SEDENTARY BACK PAIN SUFFERERS AND THEIR ACTIVITY LEVEL
We are all different! When it comes to back pain, the difference shines even more in some aspects. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC knows a few chronic low back pain patients are more likely to exercise and be physically active than others who tend to be more sedentary. What’s the difference in these folks? Researchers found a few things: more physically active ones (those who do at least 150 minutes of moderate or 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity a week) have a lower body mass index and higher levels of leisure time physical activity. Sedentary folks (those who perform more than 8 hours of time in sedentary activities per day) are more likely to have lower levels of activity at work. (2) Hum? We know that such patient characteristics need to be considered when taking care of back pain patients and encouraging physical activity and reducing sedentary lifestyle activity. How can Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC help our more sedentary back pain sufferers? Hopefully sharing these little bits of information is helpful! Your La Grande chiropractor is right here with you. Let us know your thoughts on how we can assist you!
EXERCISE IS EFFECTIVE FOR CHRONIC BACK PAIN
In a Cochrane Review done by a high level scientific and well respected research group, exercise for chronic low back pain was shown again as promisingly relieving. The review consisted of 249 papers and their outcomes. Pain relief and functional limitation improvement were noted. (3) Exercise keeps showing itself to be good for dealing with chronic low back pain.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses what back pain patients can expect from care with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. The system is a joint venture!
Make your next La Grande chiropractic appointment today. We are here for our La Grande chiropractic patients, active and sedentary! Whatever your physical activity level, trust Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC to walk the road to decreased back pain with you. Exercise is beneficial. We’ll find some type of physical activity that works for you.
