Groton Encourages Walking for Back Pain Relief

Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office invites Groton back pain sufferers and neck pain sufferers to walk. Walking is easy and valuable in managing pain. Walks don’t have be marathons! A walk in the park or around the neighborhood works well!

BACK PAIN’S DAILY IMPACT

$200 billion dollars a year go to back pain management. Back pain is a top and common reason of medical care visits to primary care and emergency settings. Back pain is a top cause for worker compensation, missed work hours, and lost productivity. 90% of back pain is mechanical. 12 to 33% of people are reported to have had 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 described that back and neck pain were positively and significantly associated with workplace absenteeism mostly caused by difficulty standing, sitting, and walking. (2) Walking is a key daily function! Back pain sufferers headed to surgery will do well to boost their walking capacity before surgery. The greater the walking capacity pre-surgery. The greater the walking capacity afterwards. Lumbar spinal stenosis as a core 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 after back surgery, still stated walking disability. (3) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office urges walking for everyone!

WALK IN A PARK!

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

CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office

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

Schedule your Groton chiropractic appointment with Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office today. Ready for a walk?! Hope so!

Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office urges Groton back pain sufferers to walk to lessen back pain and related pain. 
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