Every step counts! Walks are healthy. Walking is effective,
even in small spurts.
It’s a growing trend in
Auburn and everywhere else. Walking is free and easy. Walking is a physical activity that
most anyone can do. Sadly only about 48% of
adults get enough aerobic (activity that makes the heart pumping
harder and blood vessels healthier) physical activity (1), so Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C.
recommends walking to all of our Auburn chiropractic patients particularly
as they get over a back pain episode.
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GUIDELINES
Physical Activity Guidelines recommend just
2 and a half hours each week. (2)
That’s manageable! That can be accomplished in smaller chunks like five 30-minute walks or longer
walks with friends instead of coffee chats or dinners out. A walk
while waiting to pick up kids at activities will do it. 145
million adults walk as part of their physical activity plan. Others like some
in Auburn walk for fun or transportation or exercise. 6 out of
10 walk for their aerobic physical activity. Others take ballroom
dancing or gardening. (1) Brisk walking, running, jogging, swimming or biking
are potential endeavors when walking becomes a bit too comfortable,
but walking itself works|is]19] just fine!
WALKERS KEEP WALKING
The Journal of the American Medical Association released
information about 1635 inactive adults from 70 to 89 years who were at risk of not
being as mobile as they like (ie, their ability to
walk without support). They were split into 2
groups: walking (20-minutes-a-day walk) or education (reading material about
healthy aging). The walking group had an 18% lower risk of
major mobility disability at 2.6 years. The walkers could walk without support
up to a quarter mile. (3) This is great news!
A NEW WALKING PROGRAM: Motivators & Effects
What inspires you to exercise?
Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. is here to coach you! A new report about outcomes
of a 6-month program of walking listed what low back
pain participants reported as motivators that prompted
them to start the walking program (back pain improvement
and better overall healthy lifestyle), to follow the program
(walking was seen as a safe exercise as opposed to high-impact
exercise that they wanted out of fear of making their pain worse), and to complete the program (accountability, pleasure
of the exercise and health benefits). (4) A newly planned
study anticipates defining just how effective a walking
and education program {{might be able to prevent low back pain recurrence as well as for cost. They are
calling it WalkBack. (5) Such a great name!
Effectiveness and cost-savings might also be motivators to stay
with a walking program.
CONTACT Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C.
So if you are looking to add some physical
activity to your life or you are trying to re-gain your
physically active life after an injury, illness or bout of back
pain, just walk (after you check with your Auburn chiropractor
first!). It will do you good! Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Amanda Harris on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she describes
treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management that permitted
a patient to walk again without a cane.
Contact
Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. to set up your next appointment for individualized
advice about integrating walking into your chiropractic
care plan.