La Grande Encourages Walking for Back Pain Relief

Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC invites La Grande back pain sufferers and neck pain sufferers to walk. Walking is easy and valuable in managing pain. Walks don’t have be marathons! A walk in the park or around the block works well!

BACK PAIN’S DAILY IMPACT

$200 billion dollars a year fund back pain management. Back pain is a top and common reason of medical care visits to primary care and emergency settings. Back pain is the most common reason for worker compensation, missed work hours, and lost productivity. 90% of back pain is mechanical. 12 to 33% of people are stated to experience back pain at any point in time, making back pain a main focus of medical care and of sufferers’ attention and inattention to the day-to-day workings of life. (1) Back pain is costly and daily-life-limiting for many.

SPINAL STENOSIS AND WALKING

Walking is a such a day-to-day necessity. One newer study stated that back and neck pain were positively and significantly associated with workplace absenteeism mostly caused by difficulty standing, sitting, and walking. (2) Walking is a critical daily function! Back pain sufferers headed to surgery will do well to boost their walking capacity before surgery. The better the walking capacity pre-surgery. The better the walking capacity afterwards. Lumbar spinal stenosis as an underlying issue for back pain decreases walking and quality of life for its sufferers. Lumbar spinal stenosis is the main signal for spinal surgery in older adults, 40% of whom, even after back surgery, still stated walking disability. (3) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC encourages walking for everyone!

WALK IN A PARK!

Exercise like walking is a simple, easy way to mitigate La Grande back pain. Walking in a park may be enticing. Well-designed parks are said to improve public health. An interview study of peoples’ opinions about what makes parks inviting described that trees, gardens, open spaces, and water features were highly cherished. Walking/bike trails, basketball hoops, sports/climbing walls were reported as physical activity encouraging. Seating, tables, and picnic areas were reported essential for social interaction. (4)

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Gary Stefanick on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses how he helped a patient after back surgery regain some quality of life with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.  

Schedule your La Grande chiropractic appointment with Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC today. Ready for a walk?! Hope so!