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Auburn 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  Auburn back pain sufferers are not exercisers by nature. (Are you?) Your Auburn chiropractor meets all types of back pain sufferers and knows a variety of physical activity options that may be more interesting. At Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. we try to pair the exercise option to the chronic back pain sufferer and symptomatology to optimize the outcomes of exercise shown in research studies to be beneficial 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’s first define physically active versus sedentary. 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 contrasted 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 shines even more in some regards. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. knows some chronic low back pain patients are more likely to exercise and be physically active than others who are more sedentary. What is the difference in these folks? Researchers found a few things: more physically active ones (those who do at least 150 mins. of moderate or 75 mins. of vigorous physical activity a week) have a 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 a day) tend to have low levels of activity at work. (2) Hum? We know that such patient characteristics need to be considered when taking care of back pain patients and encouraging physical activity and reducing sedentary lifestyle activity. How can Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. help our more sedentary back pain sufferers? Hopefully sharing these little bits of information is helpful! Your Auburn chiropractor is right here with you. Let us know your thoughts on how we can help you!

EXERCISE IS EFFECTIVE FOR CHRONIC BACK PAIN

In a Cochrane Review performed by a high level scientific and well respected research group, exercise for chronic low back pain was shown again as promisingly relieving. The review involved reviewing 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 joint venture!

Make your next Auburn chiropractic appointment soon. We are here for every Auburn chiropractic patient, active and sedentary! Whatever your physical activity level, trust Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. to walk the path to less back pain with you. Exercise is beneficial. We’ll find some form of physical activity that works for you. 

 
Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. describes the relationship between physical activity level and back pain and the benefit of being physically active.   
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