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Baton Rouge Back Pain Relief Helped by Walking 90 Minutes Weekly

November 27, 2018

Just walk! It’s simple. It’s economical. It’s effective. Walking is a great means to get healthy and remain healthy. Walking is a fantastic way to discover relief from chronic pain and back pain. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers's Baton Rouge chiropractic back pain specialist often suggests walking as one of the initial things to try to Baton Rouge back pain patients. Here’s why…

WALK MORE. SIT LESS.

It may seem strange when Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers asks about your sitting habits when you come in for Baton Rouge back pain treatment and relief, but it is not! It is well known and now even research documented that sitting for lengthier periods of time is a risk factor for low back pain. The new research goes even further to point out that longer sitting and low physical activity boosts low back pain risk even more. (1) Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers’s curiosity about your sitting habits is logical! Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers’s recommendation to walk is, too.

Baton Rouge WALKING BENEFITS

Baton Rouge walking is beneficial for Baton Rouge back pain relief along with the back pain relieving Baton Rouge chiropractic care at Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers! Walking is good for chronic musculoskeletal pain sufferers as those with low back pain, fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis. Walking is a helpful form of exercise for chronic pain relief and is associated with significant improvements in pain and function. (2) Exercise and physical activities like muscle strengthening and aerobic exercise have lots of backing for effectively managing low back pain. Weekly walking is gaining more and more approval to be included on this list of effective exercises. For over-50 year olds, weekly walking of 90 minutes a week reduces the risk of low back pain. Longer walking sessions are seemingly preferred. Routine walking for a longer time for more than 3 days a week is significantly associated with reduced low back pain risk. (3) Excitingly, a walking program is research-documented to offer the cheapest costs and the best chance of adherence by back pain patients. (4) Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers knows that our Baton Rouge chiropractic patients will like that balance!

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Amanda Harris on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about how well Cox® Technic assisted a spinal stenosis back pain patient get back to walking and start enjoying the benefits of walking, again.

Schedule a Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment today. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers understands that Baton Rouge back pain sufferers want pain relief. The recommendation of “just walk” may be the right one for you! Walking is simple, inexpensive, and on your own schedule!

Baton Rouge walking 3 days a week helps control back pain, a great addition to Baton Rouge chiropractic care at Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers!