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

 

The ability to walk is valuable for Pflugerville living. How many times a day do you think about walking? How many times are you thankful for the ability to put one foot in front of the other? Most Pflugerville folks don’t give walking a second thought until we or a Pflugerville loved one can’t do it or can’t|can not]11] do it as effortlessly as we did at one time. Chronic non-specific low back pain is apt to disrupt Pflugerville back pain patients’ motor control while walking. It’s suspected that the erector spinae are working overtime in these patients, resulting in a stiff lumbar-pelvic region and tougher time walking. (1) A new report shows that spinal manipulation in combination with individualized exercise enhances the walking ability in back pain patients like those Pflugerville Wellness 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 advances the relief of leg and back pain, disability, range of motion and patient satisfaction. (3) The Pflugerville chiropractic care at Pflugerville Wellness Center uses one or all these approaches as appropriate to get you the Pflugerville back pain relief you want and keep you walking without your giving it a second thought.