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Largo Chronic Low Back Pain Related to Physical Activity Level

Is physical activity really important? Back pain sufferers ask, especially those who don’t enjoy physical activity! May  Largo back pain sufferers are not exercisers by nature. (Are you?) Your Largo chiropractor meets all sorts of back pain sufferers and knows a variety of physical activity options that may be more interesting. At Hollstrom & Associates Inc we try to pair the exercise option to the chronic back pain patient 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?

What you do in your non-work hours makes a difference! Let’s first describe physically active versus sedentary. Researchers in one study defined physically active folks as those who were more active in their leisure time. They devoted 3 hours of their leisure time per day being physically active. Sedentary folks spent 3 hours or more a 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 are all different! Regarding back pain, the difference shines even more in some aspects. Hollstrom & Associates Inc knows some chronic low back pain patients are more prone to exercising and being physically active than others who are more sedentary. What is the difference in these folks? Researchers found a couple things: more physically active folks (those who do at least 150 minutes of moderate or 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity a 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) tend to have lower levels of activity at work. (2) Hum? We know that such patient characteristics need to be considered when treating back pain patients and encouraging physical activity and reducing sedentary lifestyle activity. How can Hollstrom & Associates Inc assist our more sedentary back pain sufferers? Hopefully sharing these little bits of information is beneficial! Your Largo 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 again as promisingly relieving. The review consisted of 249 papers and their outcomes. Pain relief and functional limitation improvement were found. (3) Exercise repeatedly shows itself to be good 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 collaboration!

Schedule your next Largo chiropractic appointment today. We are here for every Largo chiropractic patient, active and sedentary! Whatever your physical activity level, know that Hollstrom & Associates Inc is here to walk the road to less back pain with you. Exercise is beneficial. We’ll find some form of physical activity that works for you. 

 
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