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Dr. Stephen Courtney - How To Keep A Healthy Back Through Diet & Exercise
Dr. Stephen Courtney is a Board Certified Orthopedic Spine Surgeon treating neck and back disorders. His clinic is located in Plano, Texas.
Transcript:
Diet and exercise is a gigantic factor in backs. A lot of people, they say, “I can’t lose weight because I can’t exercise.” Well, if you don’t eat so much food, I can assure you, you can lose weight. You may not lose it in a day, you may lose it in about two or three months.
It’s very important to eat the right type food. Very, very important to watch the weight. I always encourage people not to get puffy. That’s very important. Drink a lot of water throughout the day. Then exercises, cardio is key. You have to do some form of cardio, either a spin bicycle or an elliptical machine. If you do a treadmill, do it on a flat surface not on an incline. And then just some light weights, instead of doing heavy weights just to engage the muscles and get the blood flowing to the muscles again and just motion. Do it on a consistent basis.
I think walking is fine. At least it gets you out with motion and blood flow through your body again. But sitting down a lot and being sedentary is not good for anything but walking is okay. It doesn’t melt the muscles a whole lot that support the back regarding your shoulders, your traps, and your lat muscles. So light weights are really important, to engage in some type of light weight activity. But walking is perfectly as long as you don’t have stenosis.
Dr. Stephen Courtney - How To Keep A Healthy Back Through Diet & Exercise
Dr. Stephen Courtney is a Board Certified Orthopedic Spine Surgeon treating neck and back disorders. His clinic is located in Plano, Texas.
Transcript:
Diet and exercise is a gigantic factor in backs. A lot of people, they say, “I can’t lose weight because I can’t exercise.” Well, if you don’t eat so much food, I can assure you, you can lose weight. You may not lose it in a day, you may lose it in about two or three months.
It’s very important to eat the right type food. Very, very important to watch the weight. I always encourage people not to get puffy. That’s very important. Drink a lot of water throughout the day. Then exercises, cardio is key. You have to do some form of cardio, either a spin bicycle or an elliptical machine. If you do a treadmill, do it on a flat surface not on an incline. And then just some light weights, instead of doing heavy weights just to engage the muscles and get the blood flowing to the muscles again and just motion. Do it on a consistent basis.
I think walking is fine. At least it gets you out with motion and blood flow through your body again. But sitting down a lot and being sedentary is not good for anything but walking is okay. It doesn’t melt the muscles a whole lot that support the back regarding your shoulders, your traps, and your lat muscles. So light weights are really important, to engage in some type of light weight activity. But walking is perfectly as long as you don’t have stenosis.