You & Olympians: Have Pain, Find Relief, Return to Exercise Year-Round

Everyone ought to exercise. Everyone outght to move. Physical activity is for all of us. Is mountain climbing or marathon running required? Nope! Walking is terrific. Muscle strengthening is superb. Gardening when the season is decent is wonderful. No gyms are even necessary for the physical activity that will make you feel good. If a knee or back injury occurs – and they happen to the best of us! – your Nashua chiropractor at Moriarty 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 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 met 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 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 concluded that there are particular conditioning activities people will do. Proposals for physical activity recommendations must incorporate those to inspire the most physical activity possible. (1) What do you like to do? Moriarty Chiropractic is confident our Nashua 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 cope with pain and depression and keep moving. A study of Olympians from the 1948 to 2018 games found 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 reported by 6.6% of them. (2) Moriarty Chiropractic shares these Olympians’ stats with our Nashua chiropractic patients letting them know they’re not alone in their pain struggles.

KNEE EXERCISE and SMT WITH COX®

Moriarty Chiropractic is equipped 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. Make an appointment, and discover it for yourself! A few sessions and you’ll 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 eases knee pain.

Schedule your Nashua chiropractic appointment soon. Join everybody else who comes to Moriarty Chiropractic 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!