La Grande Back Surgery Patients Must Exercise
10,080 minutes are in a week. What do you do with all that time? Sleep, eat, talk, work, listen, shop, drive…exercise? Exercise doesn’t always come in at number one on most people’s lists of favorite things to do with their time. Researchers recommend that all of us put in at least 150 minutes of exercise a week. (6) That’s just
- 2 and a half hours a week.
- 5 sessions of 30 minutes a week.
- 10 sessions of 15 minutes a week.
It’s not that much, but we need to schedule it into our busy lives, don’t we? Even your La Grande chiropractor needs to do that! Time goes by so quickly for everyone, including time for your La Grande chiropractic physician at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC. Your La Grande chiropractic physician at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC encourages La Grande chiropractic patients to continue doing their exercise routines even when they are feeling better and their back pain is better.
People sleep better, are happier and less depressed when they exercise. (1,2) La Grande chiropractic patients do, too! Hearts and minds are healthier when their owners exercise. (3,4) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC challenges you to get out and try a walk! See how much clearer you think and healthier you feel as your heart pumps more. Exercise slows memory loss. (4) Exercise reduces depressive symptoms. (2) Blood pressure drops. (5) Life span may even be increased due to heart workouts with aerobic exercise. (3) What do you think of all these possibilities? Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC encourages you to see the positives!
Exercise is life-giving. Exercise is life-supporting. Exercise is all that for normal spine folks but even more crucial for La Grande back pain sufferers especially for La Grande post-back surgery patients who still have back pain. Post-surgical patients who exercise 150 minutes a week show a notable decrease in pain and reoperation rate reports a new study of post-surgery back pain patients. In this study the mean age was 57 years of age. 80% of them had degenerative diagnoses. 63% had gone through a multilevel back surgery. Only 35% of them met the greater than 1400 kcal a week exercise expenditure and left them vulnerable to a second surgery (named a revision surgery). Only 26% of post back surgery patients met the more than 150 minutes a week of exercise opening them to the risk of degenerative diagnoses, subsequent spine surgery, and more postoperative back pain. (6) 150 minutes a week doesn’t sound like much anymore, does it? Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC knows our La Grande chiropractic patients can arrange 2.5 hours a week for their back’s sake. It's part of the whole La Grande treatment plan of chiropractic care.
Exercise before surgery. Exercise after surgery. Exercise for life. Exercise for health. Schedule your La Grande chiropractic visit today. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is ready to help you set up an exercise routine just for you, one your La Grande lifestyle can manage, one that you’ll be ready to put time into your schedule to do.
