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San Jose 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  San Jose back pain sufferers are not physical activity ‘junkies’ by nature. (Are you?) Your San Jose chiropractor knows all sorts of back pain sufferers and knows a variety of physical activity options that may be more interesting. At Chiropractic Solutions we try to match the exercise option to the chronic back pain patient and symptomatology to optimize the outcomes of exercise shown in research studies to be valuable 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 define sedentary versus physically active. 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 per 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! When it comes to back pain, the difference comes to light even more in some regards. Chiropractic Solutions knows some chronic low back pain patients are more likely to exercise and be physically active than others who tend to be more sedentary. What is the difference in these folks? Researchers found a few things: more physically active ones (those who do at least 150 minutes of moderate or 75 mins. of vigorous physical activity per week) experience 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) tend to have lower 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 Chiropractic Solutions assist our more sedentary back pain patients? With hope, we share these bits of info that may help these little bits of information is helpful! Your San Jose chiropractor is right here with you. Let us know your thoughts on how we can help you!

EXERCISE IS EFFECTIVE FOR CHRONIC BACK PAIN

In a Cochrane Review performed by a high level scientific and very 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 noted. (3) Exercise repeatedly shows itself to be good for dealing with 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 discusses what back pain patients can expect from care via The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. The system is a joint venture!

Set up your next San Jose chiropractic appointment soon. We are here for every San Jose chiropractic patient, active and sedentary! Whatever your physical activity level, know that Chiropractic Solutions 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. 

 
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