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Toronto Back Pain Relief Helped by Walking 90 Minutes Weekly

Just walk! It’s simple. It’s economical. It’s effective. Walking is an amazing means to get healthy and remain healthy. Walking is a fantastic way to discover relief from chronic pain and back pain. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre's Toronto chiropractic back pain specialist often suggests walking as one of the first things to try to Toronto back pain patients. Here’s why…

WALK MORE. SIT LESS.

It may seem odd when Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre asks about your sitting habits when you come in for Toronto 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 boosts low back pain risk even more. (1) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre’s curiosity about your sitting habits is logical! Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre’s recommendation to walk is, too.

Toronto WALKING BENEFITS

Toronto walking is beneficial for Toronto back pain relief along with the back pain relieving Toronto chiropractic care at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre! Walking is beneficial 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 associated with significant improvements in pain and function. (2) Exercise and physical activities like muscle strengthening and aerobic exercise have plenty of backing for effectively managing low back pain. Weekly walking is growing more and more favor to be included on this list of effective activities. For over-50 year olds, weekly walking of 90 minutes a week decreases the risk of low back pain. Elongated walking sessions are seemingly better. Routine walking with longer duration for more than 3 days a week is significantly affiliated with lower low back pain risk. (3) Excitingly, a walking program is research-documented to offer the cheapest costs and the best chance of adherence by back pain patients. (4) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre knows that our Toronto chiropractic patients will like 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 helped a spinal stenosis back pain patient return to walking and start enjoying the benefits of walking, again.

Schedule a Toronto chiropractic appointment now. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre understands that Toronto back pain sufferers desire pain relief. The suggestion of “just walk” may be the right one for you! Walking is easy, cheap, and on your own schedule!

Toronto walking 3 days a week helps manage back pain, a great addition to Toronto chiropractic care at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre! 
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