Walking does not heal the spine directly although walking can improve spinal health and also help to reduce back pain.
Walking regularly can also strengthen the supporting muscles and improve circulation to your spinal structures and also enhance flexibility, which all lead to a healthier spine and can help you reduce or manage your back pain.
When you walk, you engage your muscles in your back, legs, core and your hips, which are all crucial for your spinal stability as well as your posture.
Stronger muscles provide you with better support and protection for your spine, which reduces strain and pain.
Walking also increases blood flow to your spine and delivers essential nutrients and oxygen to your spinal discs and spinal tissues and this improved circulation also can promote healing and reduce inflammation.
Walking also encourages movement, which can also improve the spines flexibility and surrounding muscles and increased flexibility can also help to reduce pain and stiffness that is associated with spinal conditions.
Walking also helps the discs get the fluid that they require for optimal function like shock absorbers, which can reduce pain and stiffness associated with disc problems.
You can often realign your spine without surgery through physical therapy, corrective bracing and even through chiropractic care.
Seeing a physical therapist can help you create a personalized exercise program which can help to strengthen your core muscles, improve your posture and increase your flexibility.
Doing exercises such as exercises in the Schroth method can also be very helpful for scoliosis and your spine by focusing on de-rotating, elongating and stabilizing your spine.
And other specific exercises can also target muscle weakness, poor postural alignment and decreased spinal movement.
Corrective bracing can also be very effective, especially in adolescents and children to prevent further curvature and improve your spinal alignment especially in cases of scoliosis.
And braces can also hep support your spine and encourage your spine to adopt a more natural position.
Using the correct posture throughout the day, especially when you're sitting, standing or lifting and also engaging in regular physical activity to strengthen your back muscles and improve your overall fitness and maintaining a healthy weight to reduce stress on your spine and ensuring you sleep in a good position that supports good spinal alignment can all go a long way in helping you realign your spine and keeping it in alignment.
The length of time it takes to realign your spine is from a few days to several weeks and depends on how severe the spine is misaligned.
Your age, type of injury and fitness level also factors into how long it takes to realign your spine.
The more severe the spine is misaligned the longer it will take the spine to realign.
The younger you're are the faster the recovery and spinal alignment will take and the older you are it can take a bit longer to realign the spine.
If you're in good health you tend to recover more quickly and the length of time that you've been experiencing pain can also affect how long it takes for the spine to realign.
A good chiropractor can realign your spine by using manual therapy like spinal manipulation.
Care from a chiropractor can help with back pain, neck pain, sciatica and many other conditions.
Chiropractors use controlled and gentle force to move the body into proper alignment.
A chiropractor can also spot a subluxation in your spine by observing your body posture.
Conditions that a chiropractor can help you with are Scoliosis, Whiplash, osteoarthritis, Carpal tunnel syndrome, Vertigo, Migraines, Herniated discs, Sciatica, Neck Pain and Back pain.
The signs of a misaligned spine are.
Poor posture.
Tingling and numbness.
Severe headaches.
Restless leg syndrome.
Knee, hip and neck pain.
And Fatigue.
Often when you get manual manipulation of the spine to correct any of the issues you may be suffering from it can take around 2 to 3 weeks for your spine to fully realign.
In a basic case (noticeable postural changes, one zone of mild pain/ no pain), this initial process takes adults about 2 to 3 weeks with two spinal corrections throughout the week.
Chiropractors can do more than just popping your back.
Chiropractors can also help to realign the spine.
Chiropractic care is a very effective treatment for spinal misalignment, and it can help to reduce pain and improve mobility.