Sitka Back Surgery Patients Must Exercise
10,080 minutes are in a week. What do you do with all those minutes? Sleep, eat, talk, work, listen, shop, drive…exercise? Exercise doesn’t usually come in at number one on most people’s lists of favorite things to do with their time. Researchers recommend that all of us exercise at least 150 minutes a week. (6) That’s only
- 2 and a half hours a week.
- 5 sessions of 30 minutes a week.
- 10 sessions of 15 minutes a week.
That doesn’t seem like much, but we need to schedule it into our busy lives, do we not? Even your Sitka chiropractor needs to do that! Time goes by so fast for all of us, including time for your Sitka chiropractic physician at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka. Your Sitka chiropractic physician at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka encourages Sitka chiropractic patients to continue doing their exercise routines even when their Sitka back pain is not so bad.
Exercise makes people happier, less depressed and sleep better. (1,2) Sitka chiropractic patients do, too! Hearts and minds are healthier when their owners exercise. (3,4) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka challenges you to get out and try a walk! See how much clearer you think and healthier you feel as your heart pumps more. Exercise reduce memory loss. (4) Exercise reduces depressive symptoms. (2) Blood pressure falls. (5) Life span may even increase due to heart workouts with aerobic exercise. (3) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka sees lots of positives from all of these!
Exercise is life-giving. Exercise is life-supporting. Exercise is all that for normal spine folks but even more significant for Sitka back pain sufferers particularly for Sitka post-back surgery patients who still have back pain. Post-surgical patients who exercise 150 minutes a week show a significant reduction in pain and reoperation rate states a new study of post-surgery back pain patients. In this study the mean age was 57 years old. 80% of them had degenerative diagnoses. 63% had gone through a multilevel back surgery. Only 35% of them met the greater than 1400 kcal per week exercise expenditure and left them open to a second surgery (called a revision surgery). Only 26% of post back surgery patients met the more than 150 minutes a week of exercise opening them to the risk of degenerative diagnoses, subsequent spine surgery, and more postoperative back pain. (6) 150 minutes a week doesn’t sound like much anymore, does it? Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka knows our Sitka chiropractic patients can arrange 2.5 hours a week for their back’s sake. It's part of the whole Sitka treatment plan of chiropractic care.
Exercise in advance of surgery. Exercise following surgery. Exercise for life. Exercise for health. Schedule your Sitka chiropractic visit today. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is prepared to see just how easy it may be to figure out just for you, one your Sitka lifestyle can manage, one that you’ll be ready to put time on your calendar to do.
