Vancouver 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! Some Vancouver back pain sufferers are not physical activity ‘junkies’ by nature. (Are you?) Your Vancouver chiropractor knows all sorts of back pain sufferers and knows a variety of physical activity options that may be more interesting. At Vancouver Disc Centers we try to pair the exercise routine to the chronic back pain sufferer and symptomatology to optimize the outcomes 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?
How do you spend your non-work hours makes a difference! Let us first describe sedentary versus physically active. Researchers in one study described physically active folks as those who were more active in their leisure time. They devoted 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! When it comes to back pain, the difference comes to light even more in some regards. Vancouver Disc Centers knows a few chronic low back pain patients are more prone to exercising and being physically active than others who tend to be more sedentary. What is 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 per 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 a day) are more likely to have lower 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 Vancouver Disc Centers help our more sedentary back pain patients? Hopefully sharing these little bits of information is helpful! Your Vancouver chiropractor is here for you. Let us know your thoughts on how we can help you!
EXERCISE IS EFFECTIVE FOR CHRONIC BACK PAIN
In a Cochrane Review done by a high level scientific and very respected research group, exercise for chronic low back pain was shown once again to be promisingly relieving. The review consisted of 249 papers and their outcomes. Pain relief and functional limitation improvement were found. (3) Exercise keeps showing itself to be good for managing 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 shares what back pain patients can expect from treatment with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. The system is a joint venture!
Schedule your next Vancouver chiropractic appointment soon. We are here for every Vancouver chiropractic patient, active and sedentary! Whatever your physical activity level, know that Vancouver Disc Centers is here to walk the path to less back pain with you. Exercise is beneficial. We will find some form of physical activity that works for you.
