You & Olympians: Have Pain, Find Relief, Return to Exercise Year-Round
Everyone needs to exercise. Everybody outght to move. Physical activity is for each and every one of us. Is 5K running or rappelling up a cliff required? Not at all! Walking is superb. Muscle strengthening is superb. Gardening when the season is suitable is amazing. No gyms are even required for the physical activity that will keep you feeling good. If a knee or back injury occurs – and they happen to the best of us! – your Baton Rouge chiropractor at Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers is here to return you to moving with gentle, safe spinal distraction manipulation…and knee distraction for the common issue of knee pain!
EXERCISE IN ANY WEATHER
A study done in Finland in 2017 followed the physical activity participation of 18-64 year olds and 65+ year-olds. Researchers found 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 took part in throughout that time? Cleaning/maintenance work, walking, and stair climbing. What exercises did they perform 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 particular conditioning activities people will do. Proposals for physical activity recommendations must use those to inspire the most physical activity possible. (1) What do you like to do? Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers is confident our Baton Rouge chiropractic patients and their families can discover 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’re 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 going. A study of Olympians from the 1948 to 2018 games found that 32.4% report pain today, and 35.9% have functional limitations they connect to their Olympics’ days. Knee (20.6% lasting 120 days median) and lumbar spine (13.1% continuing for 100 days) were the top two injuries Olympians experienced in their training days. Depression was reported by 6.6% of them. (2) Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers shares these Olympians’ stats with our Baton Rouge chiropractic patients letting them know thery are not alone in their pain struggles.
KNEE EXERCISE and SMT WITH COX®
Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers 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. Come in, and find out! A few sessions and you’ll be excited to get out and move, walk, garden, build a snowman, and more!
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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 Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment soon. Join everyone else who comes to Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers 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!
