San Jose Encourages Walking for Back Pain Relief

Chiropractic Solutions invites San Jose back pain sufferers and neck pain sufferers to walk. Walking is easy and effective in the management of pain. Walks do not have be crazy long! A walk in the park or around the block effects positive change!

BACK PAIN’S DAILY IMPACT

$200 billion dollars annually go to back pain management. Back pain is a leading and widespread reason of medical care visits to primary care and emergency settings. Back pain is the most common reason for worker compensation, missed work hours, and lost productivity. 90% of back pain is mechanical. 12 to 33% of people are stated to experience back pain at any point in time, making back pain a main focus of medical care and of sufferers’ attention and inattention to the day-to-day events of life. (1) Back pain is costly and quality of life altering for many.

SPINAL STENOSIS AND WALKING

Walking is a such a day-to-day necessity. One newer study stated that back and neck pain were positively and significantly associated with workplace absenteeism mostly triggered by difficulty standing, sitting, and walking. (2) Walking is a vital daily function! Back pain sufferers headed to surgery will do well to boost their walking capacity before surgery. The greater the walking capacity before surgery. The greater the walking capacity afterwards. Lumbar spinal stenosis as an underlying issue for back pain decreases walking and quality of life for its sufferers. Lumbar spinal stenosis is the main signal for spinal surgery in older adults, 40% of whom, even post-back surgery, still described walking disability. (3) Chiropractic Solutions urges walking for everyone!

WALK IN A PARK!

Exercise like walking is a simple, straight-forward way to lessen San Jose back pain. Walking in a park may be enticing. Well-designed parks are said to enhance public health. An interview study of peoples’ opinions about what creates an inviting park reported that trees, gardens, open spaces, and water features were highly appreciated. Walking/bike trails, basketball hoops, sports/climbing walls were stated as physical activity encouraging. Seating, tables, and picnic areas were noted as necessary for social interaction. (4)

CONTACT Chiropractic Solutions

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Gary Stefanick on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses how he helped a patient after back surgery regain some quality of life with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.  

Schedule your San Jose chiropractic appointment with Chiropractic Solutions today. Time for a walk?! Hope so!