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Sitka Back Pain Relief Helped by Walking 90 Minutes Weekly

Just walk! It’s simple. It’s economical. It’s effective. Walking is a great means to get healthy and stay healthy. Walking is a fantastic way to discover relief from chronic pain and back pain. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka's Sitka chiropractic back pain specialist often suggests walking as one of the initial things to try to Sitka back pain patients. Here’s why…

WALK MORE. SIT LESS.

It may seem strange when Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka asks about your sitting habits when you come in for Sitka back pain treatment and relief, but it is not! It’s well known and now even research documented that sitting for extended periods of time is a risk factor for low back pain. Recent research reports more emphatically that longer sitting and low physical activity increases low back pain risk even more. (1) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka’s curiosity about your sitting habits is logical! Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka’s recommendation to walk is, too.

Sitka WALKING BENEFITS

Sitka walking is beneficial for Sitka back pain relief along with the back pain relieving Sitka chiropractic care at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka! Walking is helpful for chronic musculoskeletal pain sufferers as those with low back pain, fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis. Walking is an effective style of exercise for chronic pain relief and is related to 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 favor to be added to this list of effective activities. For over-50 year olds, weekly walking of 90 minutes a week reduces the risk of low back pain. Longer walking sessions are ostensibly better. Routine walking for a longer time for more than 3 days a week is significantly affiliated with decreased low back pain risk. (3) Wonderfully, a walking program is research-documented to offer the lowest costs and the highest level of continuing to do it by back pain patients. (4) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka knows that our Sitka chiropractic patients will appreciate 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 return to walking and begin again to enjoy.

Schedule a Sitka chiropractic appointment today. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka understands that Sitka back pain sufferers desire pain relief. The suggestion of “just walk” may be the right one for you! Walking is simple, inexpensive, and on your own time!

Sitka walking 3 days a week helps manage back pain, a great addition to Sitka chiropractic care at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka! 
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