Back pain while sitting? Check how sitting leads to disc herniations.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- Physiotherapist explains how can prolonged sitting affect our spine and cause lower back pain.
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I feel like you are talking about me! I sit around 10 hours a day, already got prolapsed lumbar discs and neck pain. Thanks for tips and clear explanation.
Thank you for sharing! Try to stay active and remember about regular breaks.
sedentary job is killing my spine I can feel it and now I know why... thanks for great and informative lecture
remember about regular breaks and try to stay active, thank you for the comment! :)
While you were talking about proper sitting position I've noticed that on picture shown in 13:16 chair has no armrests. And you are not using them either. Do you recommend them for long office work?
Hi, it all depends on what kind of work you do. If you use the keyboard and mouse most of the time, as most office workers - than armrests are unnecessary. In this case it is the height of the table which is important (so that your forearms can rest freely on it, and elbows angles should be >90 degrees). But again, even the most ergonomic worplace will not keep your spine healthy unless you take regular breaks.
In outdoor gyms two devices are common - twister (where you stand on rotating platform and twist lower body left and right) and pendulum (where you stand on a short swing and move lower body from left to right). I get a lot of lumbar spine cracking on both, which actually feels really good and I do not have any discomfort after exercising. Are those devices good for lower spine and spine muscles?
Cracking in the spine is ok as long as it is not painfull. Gym devices you mentioned are a good way to strenghten your back and abdominal muscles (especially oblique muscles), but these excercises should be performed with active range of motion control (you should avoid the max range). When you excercise on twister you are in standing position, in which your lumbar spine is not flexed, so it is not highly exposed to injury - and besides, almost all rotation takes place in the thoracic spine. On pendulum you perform side bends which are not dangerous, as long as the curvature of the lumbar spine is maintained. The greatest threat to the lumbar spine is the combination of flexion and rotation, which does not accur when excercising on this devices so yes, I would recommend it. Of course exercising should never provoke any pain.