Spring is a season for new growth – basically, the world rejuvenating itself. However, if you have joint pain or limited mobility, spring, or any season for that matter, may not be your cup of tea. However, you can take this season to improve your musculoskeletal health. Let a professional from Premier Chiropractic Center explain how.
Start Walking Daily
Fortunately, Bessemer is known for having mild winters with temperatures steadily in the 50s. However, winter is often wet, and days are shorter. Therefore, you may not have gotten out as much during the winter as you should have.
As a result, if you spent most of the winter cooped up, make it a priority to get out and get moving. Your musculoskeletal system will thank you.
The temperatures are rising, and it’s time to get back into nature to walk each day. While you could focus on a daily walk or jog in your neighborhood, you could also visit Red Mountain Park and other outdoor areas to walk, hike, or jog. You’ll receive the benefit of new scenery, along with exercise and fresh air.
Receive Help for Any Winter-Related Conditions
Perhaps, you spent all winter staring at your phone or tablet. That’s cause for a serious case of text neck, as chiropractors are referring to it nowadays. Maybe, you spent the winter hunched over a computer or book, which can also lead to neck straining. Additionally, excessive computer use could have strained your wrists and back if you didn’t use proper posture and form.
On the other hand, maybe you spent the winter traveling to different mountainous terrains to ski. While skiing is good exercise, particularly for your cardiovascular system, it can wreak havoc on your spine due to the posture and motions involved in it.
These are merely some of the musculoskeletal problems associated with winter activities. Therefore, if you experienced any of these or others, it’s time to get your back and neck back into alignment once again with routine adjustments.
Get Ready for Your Sporting Activities
Tennis, baseball, field hockey, etc. are all resuming over the next few months. Even if you’re not a pro player and only play for fun, it’s important to be in the best shape possible. When your musculoskeletal system is in good working order, you’re less likely to sustain an injury, one that could keep you off the field or court or hinder your ability to go to work and take care of your family.
Specifically, strength and flexibility are two cornerstones of musculoskeletal health, and our Bessemer chiropractor at Premier Chiropractic Center can help improve them. You may even improve your game and learn better form from chiropractic care.
Not only may we reduce the possibility of injuries with preventative care, our practitioner may also address a problem if you should develop one, like tennis elbow, medically known as lateral epicondylitis.
Get Out and Do Yardwork
While getting out for exercise can benefit you in a number of ways, you can kill two birds with one stone when you do yard work. You get physical exercise while avoiding the need to pay someone else for the task.
In fact, in general, pushing a lawn mower burns 350 to 450 calories. Keep in mind that your size and the landscape affect how many calories you burn from this activity. And even weeding on your hands and knees burns calories.
When you weed whack or hedge trim, you’re working your arm muscles and burning calories.
Take time to address your musculoskeletal health this spring, whether it’s improving your game or getting back into shape. Don’t forget to schedule routine chiropractic appointments to optimize your musculoskeletal health!
Book an appointment by calling Premier Chiropractic Center in Bessemer, AL, at 205-519-4024 or using our online form.
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