Toronto Chiropractic Tip: Go out for a walk.
Every step counts! Walks are healthy. Walking is effective, even in small spurts.
It’s a growing trend in Toronto and everywhere else. Walking is free and easy. Walking is a physical activity that most anyone can do. Unfortunately only about 48% of adults get enough aerobic (activity that gets the heart pumping harder and blood vessels healthier) physical activity (1), so Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre recommends walking to all of our Toronto chiropractic patients particularly as they recover from a back pain episode.
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GUIDELINES
Physical Activity Guidelines advise only 2 and a half hours a week. (2) That’s so simple! That can be done in smaller chunks like five 30-minute walks or longer walks with friends instead of coffee chats or dinners out. A walk while waiting to pick up kids at activities can work. 145 million adults walk as part of their physical activity plan. Others like some in Toronto walk for fun or transportation or exercise. 6 out of 10 walk for their aerobic physical activity. Others enjoy ballroom dancing or gardening. (1) Brisk walking, running, jogging, swimming or biking are potential endeavors when walking becomes a bit too comfortable, but walking can be for low back pain recurrence prevention as well as for cost. They’re naming it WalkBack. (5) Such a suitable name! Effectiveness and cost-savings might also be motivators to stick to a walking program.
CONTACT Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre
So if you are looking to add some physical activity to your life or you are trying to re-gain your physically active life after an injury, illness or bout of back pain, just walk (after you check with your Toronto chiropractor first!). It will do you good! Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Amanda Harris on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she describes treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management that allowed a patient to walk again without a cane.
Contact Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre to set up your next appointment for individualized advice about integrating walking into your chiropractic care plan.
