Excess weight increases the load on your spine and joints, taxing your muscles and placing excess pressure on the soft tissues around your spine. This is especially true for their lower back when you hold extra weight around the mid-section, which pulls the pelvis forward, exaggerating the natural curve of your lower back, altering the alignment of your spine and creating more stress on the lower back.
Maintaining a healthy weight through diet and exercise not only reduces existing back pain, but also can help prevent certain types of back problems in the future. For example, being overweight has been linked with an increased risk for osteoarthritis as you age.
Want to Look Better, Feel Better and Even Live Better? Look no further than exercise. The health benefits of regular exercise and physical activity are hard to ignore.
Long Workouts aren’t necessary but daily exercise is not only important for how you look and move but also for your health. A program of strengthening, stretching and aerobic exercise will improve your overall health.
#1 Exercise Controls Weight – Exercise can help prevent excess weight gain or help maintain weight loss.
#2 Exercise combats health conditions and diseases – regular physical activity can help you prevent or manage a wide range of health problems including stroke, diabetes, depression, arthritis, heart diseases and so on.
#3 Exercise Improves Mood – physical activity stimulates various chemicals that may leave you feeling happier and more relaxed.
#4 Exercise Boosts Energy – exercise deliver oxygen and nutrients to your tissues and help your cardiovascular system work more efficiently.
#5 Exercise promotes better sleep – regular physical activity can help you fall asleep faster and deeper. Just don’t exercise too close to bedtime, or you may be too energised to fall asleep.
Daily exercise is a great way to feel better, move better and maintain a healthy lifestyle. As a general goal, aim for at least 30 minutes of physical activity a day. This can mean the gym, running, a class, swimming and so on.
If you are suffering from back pain, neck pain, headaches or even a sport injury our Liverpool Chiropractor can help you with fast, effective pain relief and can help you stay pain free. Please contact us to arrange an appointment.
