Chiropractic Treatment Plan With Cycling for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Pain Relief
Cycling. It is fun. It is calming. It’s a sport all ages can enjoy. It is a method to get relief from spinal stenosis related back pain. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is happy to share an enjoyable exercise option with McHenry chiropractic back pain patients for more McHenry 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. Many older McHenry back pain sufferers have lumbar spinal stenosis. As we get older, our discs lose nutrition and height - more so for some of us than others - which leads to that narrowing. Going to the grocery store turns out to be a joy just to lean forward over the grocery cart as it relieves pain! Why? Leaning forward flexes the spine and opens the spinal canal space thus easing McHenry back pain.
WHY CYCLING
Researchers document that flexion-based training like cycling effectively 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 McHenry BACK PAIN FROM LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS
For older patients with lumbar spinal stenosis pain that’s lasted for years, an improved 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 uneasy of cycling due to fear of pain and fatigue, feeling the bike was too big, believing they didn’t have time to cycle, and not really wanting to participate in cycling. (Sound familiar? We can all be like that sometimes! McHenry folks do need to set aside time to exercise regardless of how old we are!) Those who let go of those concerns and cycled were pleasantly satisfied with their clinical improvement (reduced leg pain and disability) and realized that the bicycle was easy to use. (1) You never know until you try! OrthoIllinois Chiropractic supports our McHenry chiropractic patients to try new things to assist with their McHenry back pain relief.
CYCLING HELPS AVOID BACK SURGERY
Something new that many McHenry chiropractic patients do not fancy trying is back surgery. When the pain is bad, a back surgery seems like a solution. In a study done at a spine surgery center, patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and low back pain undergo a 4 months’ training program riding a stationary bicycle. They cycle at about 70% of maximal capacity. Almost half of the patients improved so much that they did not need spinal surgery. (2) Now that is an advantage McHenry lumbar spinal stenosis patients desire!
CONTACT OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding talking about a case of lumbar spinal stenosis relieved with Cox Technic spinal manipulation on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson.
