5 Tips to Keep Your Spine Healthy
When considering quality of life, we often neglect taking care of our back, but healthy spine is essential for healthy life. Here are few steps you can follow to improve overall health of your spine as suggested by Orthopedist. 1. Take care while lifting the heavy things Usually people injure their back while lifting heavy things. Orthopedist stated that most of people injured their spine by not lifting things in their correct format. If object is too heavy, avoid lifting it or take someone’s help. Rather push them with legs which required less strain and back won’t get injured. 2. Maintain posture while bending
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When picking up something from the floor, never bend at the waist to reach for it, instead get as close to the object as you can by kneeling down on one knee, and pick it up slowly. If object height is higher than you, use stool. If you apply more force on high self, it may injure your neck and shoulder or sometimes spine too. Reevaluate your sitting posture Spine has curves which need to followed while sitting, if sitting posture is not maintain then it may damage your spine. If your job is like sitting whole day, take break once in two hours or make sure your chair and table make your spine ease whole day without damaging. Match pillow with your sleeping position