Exercise Vs. Back Pain; What Does it Do? with Adam Meakins

Physiotherapist Adam Meakins gets into the detail about what good exercise is and how the right exercise can help individuals to build strength In today’s society, humans move less but it’s really important to move more - that’s what humans are designed to do and Adam explains how exercise exposes you to effort, challenge and difficulty and means you are more robust and resilient to all challenges in this focused and informative look at why exercise really does make the difference   KEY TAKEAWAYS Exercise is anything that is effortful and challenging and physical activity is something that is not effortful The world health organisation guidelines recommend a minimum of 300 minutes of exercise per week The sessions of exercise need to last for longer than ten minutes The recommendation is for at least two sessions of resistance-based exercise weekly covering all muscle groups in the body Resistance can be applied by an external force or the body Exercise makes things better by initially making things worse When we exercise we cause adverse reactions - blood pressure rises, stress increases hormones are released and micro-damage to muscle tissue is caused. Exercise triggers processes that are positive responses and means our bodies super compensate Exercise helps to reduce a multitude of pain even though we don’t fully understand how You can’t avoid pain but you can reduce your risk through exercise Exercise exposes you to effort, challenge and difficulty and this means you are more robust and resilient to all challenges Exercise helps people both physically and psychologically There is no such thing as a bad exercise only those that are poorly prescribed Attaching meaningful goals to exercise can be motivating Any movement is a dynamical system and all human movement is dynamical   BEST MOMENTS ‘What exercise is can be defined by being effortful’ ‘Exercise helps to repair our DNA’ ‘Good exercise is something that makes you feel good’   VALUABLE RESOURCES The Back Pain Podcast The Back Pain Podcast website The Back Pain Podcast recommended products affiliate link Our Rode Mixer https://amzn.to/3waU8bx Our Microphones https://amzn.to/3rzSZ9Z Second Microphone https://amzn.to/2ObKMeA XLR Cable https://amzn.to/3rBL8ZB Studio Headphones https://amzn.to/3u082LE Laptophttps://amzn.to/3dhfafT Our webcam https://amzn.to/31uUefQ  The NAF Physio podcast The Sports Physio   ABOUT THE HOSTS Dave Elliot Dave is the owner of Advanced Chiropractic, a chain of Chiropractic and massage therapy clinics in Essex, UK. Dave still sees patients during the week but has been working hard to talk to as many experts in the field of back pain as possible to help distil all the information and bring it to you in this awesome podcast. You can find Dave on any of the Advanced Chiropractic social media platforms, or you can contact him at [email protected] if you have any questions for him. -Instagram   Rob Beaven Rob owns and runs a multidisciplinary clinic, The Dyer St Clinic in Cirencester Gloucestershire. His team of Chiropractors, Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Doctors and podiatrists all collaborate on thousands of back pain patients every year. Alongside Dave, he has worked hard to bring to the table experts across all industries to give you the low down on back pain, with steps you can implement today to start feeling better. -Instagram -Twitter   CONTACT METHOD Instagram Twitter Facebook [email protected]    Support the show: https://thebackpainpodcast.com