How to Start Exercising Properly
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February 28, 2018Over 31 million Americans suffer from back pain on a daily basis. Millions more suffer from headaches and migraines, neuropathy problems, pinched nerves and more. Some people turn to narcotic pain medications or surgery to fix their problems. However, these methods don’t always work, leaving a patient suffering for many years. That’s why chiropractic care is so important. This type of care is an effective, non-surgical approach to helping patients get rid of their injury and recover as quickly as possible. Chiropractors provide back and spinal adjustments that are exact, corrective, gentle and safe for all types of conditions and ages. The next time you find yourself with back pain, consider all of the reasons you should choose chiropractic care.
What Is Chiropractic Care?
You may have heard of chiropractic care, but you might not know what it is. This is a natural form of rehabilitation and healing without narcotic pain medication or surgery. A trained chiropractic physician examines the alignment of your back and your current back pain and symptoms. They primarily deal with the body’s muscular, nervous and skeletal systems and use ultrasound, electrical nerve stimulation, traction, spinal decompression and chiropractic adjustments to get your back aligned and working properly.
A chiropractor is trained to do a series of back corrections where they position patients in specific ways and pop parts of their back. This helps your vertebrae to move back into proper position, releasing pinched nerves that have caused pain, inflammation and swelling. These doctors can even find herniated discs and pinched nerves and provide you treatment to fix these problems. This natural form of healing often has patients leaving the office pain-free and feeling better immediately. Reported benefits of chiropractic care include:
- Feeling happier from fewer pain and symptoms
- Weight loss (because you can actually move)
- Increased muscle flexibility, range-of-motion and health
- Increased energy levels
- Decreased inflammation and swelling
- A greater ability to work, exercise and move around
- Reduced risk of chronic conditions and diseases
- Improved skin health due to less stress on your body
- Increased relaxation and less worry
- Improved sleep quality due to decreased pain
Why Is Spine Health Important?
Chiropractors exist to help get your spine back to its proper position. Many people won’t ever have spinal problems, but for those who do, getting through the day can be almost impossible. Did you know that back pain—especially lower back pain—is the leading cause of chronic pain for Americans? In fact, the American Chiropractic Association reports that lower back pain is the single leading cause of disability worldwide and one of the most common reasons for missed work. At least ½ of all working Americans have back problems at work or spinal issues that stem from the work they do. Bad posture contributes to bad back health, as not sitting correctly can mis-shape your spine, compress nerves and cause you daily aches and pains.
The older you get, the more back problems you have as well. This is due to degenerative conditions such as arthritis, bad posture over many years, not exercising properly, or from simply bending down and moving wrong. Your spine health is incredibly important because your spine is what holds up the rest of your body. The torso is the core of your body, and the limbs branch out from it. Your spine connects all your limbs and is that strong central piece that holds everything in place. If you have a problem with your spinal health, you can have one or more additional problems throughout the rest of your body.
Benefits of Physical Therapy and Exercise
Millions of people have had physical therapy. This therapy is designed to heal the body through natural methods without the use of narcotic pain medication or surgery. People who have chronic conditions, who have injuries or who are recovering from surgeries, are the people who use physical therapy services. Chiropractic care is a physical therapy service. Many people know the benefits of exercise. The American Heart Association reports that getting enough exercise in every week can lengthen your lifespan and is proven to decrease your risk for problems such as heart disease, diabetes, stroke, depression and more.
The AHA recommends that people get at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise in each week, which is about 30 minutes, 5 days a week. All you have to do is get up and walk around the house or have 5-10 minutes here or there that you are moving. If you take those precious minutes, you can save yourself many problems in the future. However, not everyone can exercise because of those chronic conditions, injuries and surgeries that we mentioned. They can with physical therapy. Chiropractic care, posture rebalancing, neuropathy treatment, vibration exercises and more can help you meet those exercise minutes each week without causing further health problems. These services will also help you heal so that your spine is healthy and you can exercise and move around like you want to.
Choose Chiropractic Care for Your Back Health
It’s a no-brainer: no one wants back pain. No one wants the associated problems that stem from back problems. You don’t have to have that pain if you take care of your back. Chiropractic care through spinal decompression and chiropractic adjustments can relieve pain, inflammation and nerve compression on your spine. It can help increase your flexibility and range-of-motion. However, most importantly, it can get you “back” to the normal life that you want. Don’t just choose any old place to get your spine and back looked at. Choose Texas Spine & Sports Therapy Center today by calling (512) 806-0015!