Chiropractic Treatment Plan With Cycling for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Pain Relief
Cycling. It is fun. It is relaxing. It’s a sport all ages can enjoy. It is a way to get relief from spinal stenosis related back pain. Rosenberg Wellness Center is glad to suggest an gratifying exercise option with New York City chiropractic back pain patients for more New York City back pain relief.
WHAT IS LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS
Lumbar spinal stenosis is the narrowing of the spinal canal area in the low back. Such narrowing results from issues like degenerative disc disease and disc herniation. In older folks, lumbar spinal stenosis is familiar. As we age, our discs lose nutrition and height - more so for some of us than others - which leads to that narrowing. Grocery shopping comes to be a delight just to lean forward over the grocery cart as it relieves pain! Why? Leaning forward flexes the spine and opens the spinal canal space thereby reducing New York City back pain.
WHY CYCLING
Researchers document that flexion-based training like cycling efficiently reduced back and enhanced function and quality of life in older people with chronic low back pain. (1) Improving the oxygen flow is a good thing to improve anyone’s attitude!
HOW CYCLING HELPS RELIEVE New York City BACK PAIN FROM LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS
For older patients with lumbar spinal stenosis pain that has continued for years, a better quality of life is welcome! In one study of the effect of cycling on back pain in older patients with spinal stenosis, patients were 70.9 years of age. Some were frightened of cycling due to fear of pain and fatigue, feeling the bike was too big, believing they did not have time to cycle, and not really wanting to do it. (Sound familiar? We can all be like that sometimes! New York City folks just have to schedule time to exercise regardless of our age!) Those who let go of those concerns and cycled were pleased with their clinical improvement (reduced leg pain and disability) and realized that the bicycle was not bad at all. (1) You never know until you try! Rosenberg Wellness Center supports our New York City chiropractic patients to attempt novel things to help with their New York City back pain relief.
CYCLING HELPS AVOID BACK SURGERY
Something new that many New York City chiropractic patients do not want to try is back surgery. When the pain is bad, a back surgery sounds like a solution. In a study conducted at a spine surgery center, patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and low back pain participate in a 4 months’ training program riding a stationary bicycle. They cycle at about 70% of maximal capacity. Almost 50% of the patients got better so much that they did not require spinal surgery. (2) Now that is a benefit New York City lumbar spinal stenosis patients want!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding sharing a case of lumbar spinal stenosis helped with Cox Technic spinal manipulation on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson.
