Fernandina Beach Chronic Low Back Pain Related to Physical Activity Level

Is physical activity really important? Back pain sufferers wonder, especially those who try to avoid physical activity! May  Fernandina Beach back pain sufferers are not exercisers by nature. (Are you?) Your Fernandina Beach chiropractor meets all types of back pain sufferers and knows all sorts of physical activity options that may be more interesting. At Amelia Chiropractic Clinic we try to pair the exercise routine to the chronic back pain patient and symptomatology to optimize the results of exercise described in research studies to be valuable in managing, relieving, and preventing back pain.

3 HOURS OF LEISURE TIME: What do you do?

What you do in your non-work hours impacts your back pain experience! Let us first describe sedentary versus physically active. Researchers in one study defined physically active folks as those who were more active in their leisure time. They spent 3 hours of their leisure time a day being physically active. Sedentary folks spent 3 hours or more per day of their leisure time sitting. Physically active folks were 33% less likely to have low back pain compared 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’re all different! Regarding back pain, the difference comes to light even more in some aspects. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic knows some chronic low back pain patients are more prone to exercising and being physically active than others who tend to be more sedentary. What’s the difference in these folks? Researchers found a few things: more physically active folks (those who perform at least 150 minutes of moderate or 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity a 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 low 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 Amelia Chiropractic Clinic assist our more sedentary back pain sufferers? Hopefully sharing these little bits of information is helpful! Your Fernandina Beach chiropractor is right here with you. Let us know your ideas on how we can help you!

EXERCISE IS EFFECTIVE FOR CHRONIC BACK PAIN

In a Cochrane Review done by a high level scientific and well 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 found. (3) Exercise repeatedly shows itself to be beneficial 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 partnership!

Make your next Fernandina Beach chiropractic appointment soon. We are here for our Fernandina Beach chiropractic patients, active and sedentary! Whatever your physical activity level, know that Amelia Chiropractic Clinic is here to walk the road to decreased back pain with you. Exercise is beneficial. We will find some form of physical activity that works for you. 

 
Amelia Chiropractic Clinic shares the relationship between physical activity level and back pain and the benefit of being physically active.   
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