January 2019 New Roads Chiropractic Healthy News: Walking, Spinal Manipulation, & Exercise

 

Walking is valuable for New Roads living. How often do you think about walking? How often are you grateful for being able to walk? Most New Roads folks don’t give walking a second thought until we or a New Roads loved one can not do it or can’t|can not]11] do it as easily as we once did. Chronic non-specific low back pain tends to disrupt New Roads back pain patients’ motor control when trying to walk normally. It’s thought that the erector spinae are working intensely in these patients, leading to a stiff lumbar-pelvic region and tougher time walking. (1) A new report shows that spinal manipulation in combination with individualized exercise improves the walking ability in back pain patients like those New Roads Chiropractic Center sees every day who are dealing with lumbar spinal stenosis better than medical care (medications/epidural steroid injections) and/or group exercise in the short term. (2) Further, spinal manipulation for patients with lumbar radiculopathy (leg pain) also promotes the relief of leg and back pain, disability, range of motion and patient satisfaction. (3) The New Roads chiropractic care at New Roads Chiropractic Center uses one or all these approaches as appropriate to get you the New Roads back pain relief you desire and protect your walking ability without a doubt.