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Richmond Chronic Low Back Pain Related to Physical Activity Level

Is physical activity really important? Back pain sufferers ask, especially those who don’t enjoy physical activity! May  Richmond back pain sufferers are not exercisers by nature. (Are you?) Your Richmond chiropractor knows all sorts of back pain sufferers and knows all sorts of physical activity options that may be more interesting. At Johnson Chiropractic we try to pair the exercise routine to the chronic back pain patient and symptomatology to maximize the results of exercise described 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 us first describe 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 a 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 contrasted 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! Regarding back pain, the difference shines even more in some aspects. Johnson Chiropractic knows some chronic low back pain patients are more prone to exercising and being physically active than others who tend to be more sedentary. What is the difference in these folks? Researchers found a couple things: more physically active folks (those who do at least 150 minutes of moderate or 75 mins. of vigorous physical activity a week) have a lower body mass index and higher levels of leisure time physical activity. Sedentary folks (those who spend more than 8 hours of time in sedentary activities per day) are more likely to have low levels of activity at work. (2) Hum? We know that such patient characteristics need to be considered when treating back pain patients and encouraging physical activity and reducing sedentary lifestyle activity. How can Johnson Chiropractic help our more sedentary back pain sufferers? With hope, we share these bits of info that may help these little bits of information is beneficial! Your Richmond 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 found. (3) Exercise keeps showing itself to be beneficial for managing 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 shares what back pain patients can expect from care with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. The system is a collaboration!

Make your next Richmond chiropractic appointment soon. We are here for our Richmond chiropractic patients, active and sedentary! Whatever your physical activity level, know that Johnson Chiropractic is here to walk the road to reduced back pain with you. Exercise is beneficial. We’ll find some form of physical activity that works for you. 

 
Johnson Chiropractic shares the relationship between physical activity level and back pain and the benefit of being physically active.   
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