You & Olympians: Have Pain, Find Relief, Return to Exercise Year-Round
Everyone ought to exercise. Everybody needs to move. Physical activity is for all of us. Is mountain climbing or marathon running necessary? Not at all! Walking is superb. Muscle strengthening is superb. Gardening when the season is right is wonderful. No gyms are even required for the physical activity that will keep you feeling good. If a knee or back injury occurs – and they do to the best of us! – your Georgetown chiropractor at Dr. Butwell is here to return you to moving with gentle, safe spinal distraction manipulation…and knee distraction for the common issue of knee pain!
EXERCISE IN ANY WEATHER
A survey done in Finland in 2017 traced 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 did throughout the year? Cleaning/maintenance work, walking, and stair climbing. What exercises did they perform most consistently all year regardless 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. Proposals for physical activity recommendations must incorporate those to encourage the most physical activity possible. (1) What do you like to do? Dr. Butwell is confident our Georgetown chiropractic patients and their families can discover 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 are really like us though their training may be a bit more intense. Elite athletes like the Olympians deal with pain and depression and keep going. A survey of Olympians from the 1948 to 2018 games found that 32.4% report 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% lasting 100 days) were the top two injuries Olympians experienced in their training days. Depression was recounted by 6.6% of them. (2) Dr. Butwell shares these Olympians’ stats with our Georgetown chiropractic patients letting them know thery are not alone in their pain struggles.
KNEE EXERCISE and SMT WITH COX®
Dr. Butwell is ready 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. Make an appointment, 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!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Luigi Albano on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes how his adaptation of Cox® Technic distraction principles for treating painful knees eases knee pain.
Make your Georgetown chiropractic appointment today. Join everyone else who comes to Dr. Butwell with knee and back pain and walks out the door ready to start moving again, gardening again, walking again, rolling up snowballs again with a bit more spring in their step! Get out, and exercise!
