How to Really Avoid Back Pain When Doing Housework
There is perhaps no better full-body “workout” than keeping your home in order. But as you’re hauling laundry up the stairs, crawling on your hands and knees to wash the kitchen floor, twisting and bending to get your family room vacuumed, and stretching to get the very top of your tall bay windows sparkly clean, you probably take your back for granted. That is, unless it’s causing you pain. In that case, it is virtually impossible to take your back for granted, as with every swipe of the sponge or run of the mop, you’ll be painfully reminded of the immense role your back plays in completing household chores. Keep in mind, though, that pain is a warning that something is seriously off balance in your body. In the case of back pain, that “something” is almost always related to your muscle balance, which we’ll explain shortly, as addressing that balance, or more specifically that imbalance, will be key to resolving and becoming free of your back pain. But in the meantime, back pain and work should not be one and the same! Until the underlying issues causing your back pain are addressed, you may need to avoid certain household chores — or at the very least