Toronto Back Pain Benefits from Walking and Chiropractic Care

Walk. Walk. Walk. Running may have been a ‘go to’ exercise a few years ago. Speed may have been a goal at one time. Distance may have been the aim. Today, walking 90 minutes a week is a commendable target for back pain sufferers seeking Toronto back pain relief. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre suggests walking along with chiropractic spinal manipulation for peak walking ability and back pain relief.

EXERCISE FOR Toronto BACK PAIN RELIEF

Exercise is commonly recommended to back pain patients. Muscle strengthening and aerobic exercise are well documented to be effective for relief of low back pain. But walking alone is not talked about as much? Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre encourages Toronto back pain patients to not tag on the word “just” ahead of “walking”! Walking alone is a remarkably healing activity. Walking is central to everyday life. Walking is something many of us underappreciate until we can’t walk or something like back pain prevents us from walking like we once did. A new research report corroborates this: Walking more than 90 minutes per week was related to a lesser risk of self-reported low back pain in adults over 50 years of age. 90 minutes is not much; regular walking for 30 minutes daily three days a week is optimal. (1) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre suggests that our Toronto chiropractic patients walk.

CHIROPRACTIC ENHANCES WALKING

Visiting a licensed chiropractor increases walking distance. A new research article found that a comprehensive non-surgical training which included an exercise program directed by a chiropractor enhanced back and lower extremity fitness and lumbar spine flexibility, decreased pain and increased walking distance for lumbar spinal stenosis patients. (2) That’s important! Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre uses gentle Cox® Technic spinal manipulation and encourages walking 3 times a week for 30 minutes each time. Having the ability to walk any distance for a half hour is important!

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. William Davis on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson whose spinal stenosis patient could hardly walk inside the house let alone outside. He missed walking! Dr. Davis’ treatment plan helped him get back to walking.  

Schedule your Toronto chiropractic appointment now. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre wants our Toronto back pain patients to walk and know that walking is good. Running and speed aren’t necessary for back health, but walking is necessary for back health and for quality of life!