Many hard-working people in Caboolture experience back pain ranging from mild chronic pain to long term debilitating pain, which affects their lives in many ways mainly taking away their enjoyment of life.
3 ways to stop back pain occurring:
Of course, if you experience pain you should visit your health care provider for a thorough check up, but by doing the simple things outlined above many people can prevent back pain from ever coming on.
3 ways to stop back pain occurring:
- Sit right: You’ve heard it many times before but for a lot of people improving the way they sit will stop back pain from coming on, research is showing that sitting is the new smoking in regards to the negative impact it has on your health, the main thing is to sit less. Every twenty minutes get out of your chair and move a little, you see as you are sitting for too long your back loses its normal anatomical curvature which results in your muscles becoming slack and slow to respond to changes in position resulting in sprains of the joints of your back. Interestingly research has shown that Chiropractic adjustments and targeted back exercises improve the response time of your muscles resulting in less back strain. I mentioned the normal anatomical curvature of your spine which is affected negatively by sitting, so it is vital to sit with a roll behind your lower back supporting your normal curvature.
- Eat right: Now this can be more difficult for most people, dietary changes can be hard for a lot of people to initiate but for those of you who are willing to modify what they eat the results can be life changing. Inflammation is the key here a huge topic beyond the scope of this blog but there are many books on anti-inflammatory diet's available.
- Stress less: Stress causes many people to tighten their back muscles resulting in misalignments and restriction of spinal mobility resulting in back pain. A simple way to reduce stress is to spend five minutes three times a day doing focused breathing, just find a comfortable position close your eyes and focus on the sensation the air creates inside your nose as you breath in and out, your mind will wander from experiencing this sensation, so then you gently bring your mind back to focusing again on the sensation it is normal for your mind to wander again and again this matters not just so that when you realise you have wandered gently return to your breathing focus.
Of course, if you experience pain you should visit your health care provider for a thorough check up, but by doing the simple things outlined above many people can prevent back pain from ever coming on.