You & Olympians: Have Pain, Find Relief, Return to Exercise Year-Round
Everybody needs to exercise. Everybody outght to move. Physical activity is for all of us. Is mountain climbing or marathon running required? Nope! Walking is terrific. Muscle strengthening is just right. Gardening when the season is decent is amazing. No gyms are even necessary for the physical activity that will keep you feeling good. If a knee or back injury occurs – and they happen to the best of us! – your Richmond chiropractor at Johnson Chiropractic is ready to return you to moving with gentle, safe spinal distraction manipulation…and knee distraction for the familiar matter of knee pain!
EXERCISE IN ANY SEASON
A survey done in Finland in 2017 traced the physical activity participation of 18-64 year olds and 65+ year-olds. Researchers found that the 18-64 year olds achieved the recommended guidelines for physical activity – 42% of men and 39% of women – better than the 65+ year olds – 26% men and 20% women. What were the most popular activities people performed throughout the year? Cleaning/maintenance work, walking, and stair climbing. What exercises did they do most consistently throughout the year irrespective of age/gender/season? Muscle-strengthening exercises and workout. Swimming, skiing, gardening, jogging, and stair climbing were more age/gender/season dependent. The researchers finally came to the conclusion that there are particular conditioning activities people will do. Suggestions for physical activity recommendations must incorporate those to encourage the most physical activity possible. (1) What do you like to do? Johnson Chiropractic is confident our Richmond chiropractic patients and their families can agree exercises to do any time of year! Heck, even in snow, a good snowball toss can inspire activity!
OLYMPIC EXERCISE
Winter and summer, Olympians move! They’re very much like us though their training may be a bit more on the intense side. Elite athletes like the Olympians deal with pain and depression and keep going. A survey of Olympians from the 1948 to 2018 games revealed that 32.4% describe pain today, and 35.9% report current functional limitations due to their Olympics’ days. Knee (20.6% lasting 120 days median) and lumbar spine (13.1% continuing for 100 days) were the top two injuries Olympians suffered in their training days. Depression was recounted by 6.6% of them. (2) Johnson Chiropractic presents these Olympians’ stats with our Richmond chiropractic patients to let them know they’re not alone in their pain struggles.
KNEE EXERCISE and SMT WITH COX®
Johnson Chiropractic is equipped to help when knee pain and back pain affect you. Gentle Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction and Spinal Manipulation and its distraction adaptation for knees are pain-relieving. Come in, and find out! A few sessions and you will be excited to get out and move, walk, garden, build a snowman, and more!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Luigi Albano on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates how his adaptation of Cox® Technic distraction principles for treating painful knees relieves knee pain.
Set up your Richmond chiropractic appointment soon. Join everyone else who comes to Johnson Chiropractic with knee and back pain and leaves to start moving again, gardening again, walking again, rolling up snowballs again with a bit more spring in their step! Get out, and exercise!
