You & Olympians: Have Pain, Find Relief, Return to Exercise Year-Round
Everybody needs to exercise. Everybody needs to move. Physical activity is for each and every one of us. Is 5K running or rappelling up a cliff necessary? Not at all! Walking is superb. Muscle strengthening is superb. Gardening when the season is suitable is amazing. No gyms are even required for the physical activity that will keep you feeling good. If a knee or back injury happens – and they do to the best of us! – your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractor at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is here to return you to moving with gentle, safe spinal distraction manipulation…and knee distraction for the familiar issue of knee pain!
EXERCISE IN ANY SEASON
A study conducted in Finland in 2017 tracked the physical activity participation of 18-64 year olds and 65+ year-olds. Researchers discovered 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 interests people performed throughout the year? Cleaning/maintenance work, walking, and stair climbing. What exercises did they perform 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 concluded that there are particular conditioning activities people will do. Proposals for physical activity recommendations must incorporate those to encourage the most physical activity possible. (1) What do you like to do? Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is confident our Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic patients and their families can agree exercises to do any time of year! Heck, even in snow, a good snowball toss can get us moving!
OLYMPIC EXERCISE
Winter and summer, Olympians move! They’re really like us though their training may be a bit more intense. Elite athletes like the Olympians cope with pain and depression and keep going. A survey of Olympians from the 1948 to 2018 games found that 32.4% describe current pain, and 35.9% have functional limitations they connect to their Olympics’ days. Knee (20.6% lasting for a median of 120 days) and lumbar spine (13.1% continuing for 100 days) were the top two injuries Olympians experienced in their training days. Depression was reported by 6.6% of them. (2) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn presents these Olympians’ stats with our Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic patients to let them know they’re not alone in their pain struggles.
KNEE EXERCISE and SMT WITH COX®
Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is ready to help when knee pain and back pain impact you. Gentle Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction and Spinal Manipulation and its distraction adaptation for knees are pain-relieving. Come in, and discover it for yourself! A few sessions and you will be excited to get out and move, walk, garden, build a snowman, and more!
CONTACT Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn
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.
Schedule your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic appointment soon. Join everybody else who comes to Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn with knee and back pain and leaves to start moving again, gardening again, walking again, rolling up snowballs again with a little extra spring in their step! Get out, and exercise!
