You & Olympians: Have Pain, Find Relief, Return to Exercise Year-Round
Everybody ought to exercise. Everyone needs to move. Physical activity is for each and every one of us. Is mountain climbing or marathon running necessary? Nope! Walking is terrific. Muscle strengthening is just right. Gardening when the season is suitable is wonderful. No gyms are even necessary for the physical activity that will make you feel good. If a knee or back injury occurs – and they happen to the best of us! – your Groton chiropractor at Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office is here to return you to moving with gentle, safe spinal distraction manipulation…and knee distraction for the common matter of knee pain!
EXERCISE IN ANY WEATHER
A survey done in Finland in 2017 followed the physical activity participation of 18-64 year olds and 65+ year-olds. Researchers discovered that the 18-64 year olds met the recommended guidelines for physical activity – 42% of men and 39% of women – better than the 65+ year olds – 26% men and 20% women. What were the most popular interests people performed throughout that time? Cleaning/maintenance work, walking, and stair climbing. What exercises did they do most consistently all year regardless of age/gender/season? Muscle-strengthening exercises and workout. Swimming, skiing, gardening, jogging, and stair climbing were more age/gender/season dependent. The researchers ultimately came to the conclusion that there are certain conditioning activities people will do. Suggestions for physical activity recommendations must incorporate those to encourage the most physical activity possible. (1) What do you like to do? Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office is confident our Groton chiropractic patients and their families can agree exercises to do any time of year! Heck, even in snow, a good snowball toss can get us moving!
OLYMPIC EXERCISE
Winter and summer, Olympians move! They are very much like us though their training may be a bit more on the intense side. Elite athletes like the Olympians deal with pain and depression and keep moving. A study of Olympians from the 1948 to 2018 games found that 32.4% report current pain, and 35.9% have functional limitations they connect to their Olympics’ days. Knee (20.6% lasting for a median of 120 days) and lumbar spine (13.1% lasting 100 days) were the top two injuries Olympians suffered in their training days. Depression was recounted by 6.6% of them. (2) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office presents these Olympians’ stats with our Groton chiropractic patients letting them know they’re not alone in their pain struggles.
KNEE EXERCISE and SMT WITH COX®
Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office is equipped to help when knee pain and back pain impact you. Gentle Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction and Spinal Manipulation and its distraction adaptation for knees are pain-relieving. Make an appointment, and discover it for yourself! A few sessions and you’ll be excited to get out and move, walk, garden, build a snowman, and more!
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Luigi Albano on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates how his adaptation of Cox® Technic distraction principles for treating painful knees eases knee pain.
Schedule your Groton chiropractic appointment soon. Join everyone else who comes to Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office with knee and back pain and leaves to start moving again, gardening again, walking again, rolling up snowballs again with a bit more spring in their step! Get out, and exercise!
