Preventing Back Injury

Preventing Back Injury Back injury is extremely common. Not so much in children because their backs are still supple and they get plenty of exercise running around and playing, but as we become older most of give up running about and playing. Couple that with the natural stiffening of joints that comes with age and back injury becomes more prevalent.

When you comprehend those simple facts, the way to avoid injury appears clearer keep running about and playing or if you do not fancy that, take other exercises often.

Back injury happens most frequently in the workshop, so people say, but what is not a workshop. Is cooking and washing at home not work?

Do not imagine that you are safer at home than in the office, on the shop floor or on a construction site. Back injury is usually the result of doing something in an incorrect way for a long period of time - bad posture or bad technique - but it can also be caused by lifting a box onto or down from a shelf one time.

The best strategy is to prevent back injury ever happening because once you have it, you will sorely regret it and have a difficult job getting rid of it. So, how do you go about preventing back injury?

Firstly, you ought to reduce the stress that you put on your back by normalizing your weight and by learning how to manoeuvre weighty items in the correct manner and adopting correct postures.

Secondly, you should try to strengthen the muscles in your back so that they are more readily equipped to deal with the inescapable stresses of everyday life. Rather than just talking about back muscles we should include stomach muscles as well.

So, beginning with posture: walk tall, adopt a military bearing and do not slouch.

Similarly while sitting. Do not just fall into a chair like a sack of potatoes; keep your back straight and strive not to lean to one side or the other all the time. Sit close to your desk so that you do not have to lean forward to reach which might encourage slouching and rounded shoulders and back.

Learn how to sit at your desk. Your feet should be flat on the floor (or a foot stool); your thighs ought to be parallel with the floor. The desk or seat should be of such a height that you can place your arms on it with the forearms parallel to the floor without reaching up or slouching over. Stand up and walk about for a minute or two each hour.

Your car seat should be adjusted to be correct for you as well, especially if you drive much. Be cautious of weights and bulky or awkward items. Even the shopping. Learn how to manhandle them with the least amount of danger. Get help if you think you may need it.take it from me, in the case of backache, prevention is much better that cure, if you can find one.

Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on a variety of topics, but is now involved with sciatica pain management. If you would like to know more, please go to our web site at Sore Back Remedies