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Better Posture Can Lead to Less Back PainParents tell their children to improve their posture for appearance sake.
But the truth is that with poor posture you all but guarantee back
problems. Good posture helps to create stronger back muscles, your neck
will be held in a better position and all your muscles will suffer less.
Poor posture causes the muscles to work harder to hold things in the right
place. This ultimately causes muscle strain leading to possible back pain
in the future.
To assess your posture, look at yourself in the mirror standing how you
would normally stand. If you are standing straight you should be able to
see an imaginary line running from the atlanto-occipital joint (where you
head sits on top of your spine), passing through your shoulders, hip and
knee and ending at your ankles (Position C below). In position C, the
weight of the head is passed directly down through the spine to the floor
and this requires the least amount of muscles activity to balance it. Many
people cannot do this which means that you can not hold yourself in the
correct position. This leads to your muscles holding themselves at the
wrong angle and possible future backaches. This can be why you suffer
intermittent or chronic back pain. Position B illustrates what happens
when you are asked to straighten you posture and you over compensate.
Position A is commonly referred to as the slump position.
Sleeping and sitting are things we spend a lot of our time doing so we
need to make sure that they are done right. Sleeping should be done on a
firm mattress but not too hard. Even thought a soft mattress may feels
good, does not give you enough back support. If you have a soft mattress
you needn’t replace it, simple purchase a piece of plywood board, about
one that is a 1/2 to 3/4 inch in thickness and place it under the
mattress. Posture boards are also commercial available. These will greatly
improve the firmness of the mattress you will be sleeping on and help to
improve support your back. Also ensure that you use only one good pillow
that is not too hard to support your head.
Those whose jobs require they to sit for a long time also must be aware of
things to improve their sitting posture. Try to sit straight in your
chair, use a pillow, rolled up towel or specifically designs orthopedic
cushion to give your back extra support. For every hour you are sitting,
you should get up for 15 to 20 seconds and then stretch for 30 seconds.
Special ergonomically designed chairs are great and with the regular
stretching you will feel much better. Human beings weren’t meant to be
sedentary creatures and we sit too much and exercise too little. That’s
why we’re so prone to back pain and why you must conscientiously working
on our posture. The picture below illustrates the correct sitting position
when working at a computer terminal.
Ensuring that you have naturally good posture now will aid you when get
older as to how easily you can move, the type and frequency of backaches
and pains you may experience and you overall activity level as a senior.
Doing things now will ensure those senior years are good ones.
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