Ergonomics & Posture – The Secret To Low Lower Lumbar Pain Reduction
If you happen to look at a large majority of people sitting on chairs, you are going to see that they are either slouching, lounging or just leaning back, relaxing in a manner which does no good to their spinal cord.
There are many meditations and special things that you can do to help relieve pain. However, most of these different things you can do, will do absolutely nothing to help your posture , spinal cord, back, neck, or your stomach. Where the pain usually starts is from someone having a bad posture and putting strain on the spine, and the only way to correct it, is to correct your posture.
Many of us have a 9-to-5 job, and find ourselves slouching in front of a computer, definitely not bothered about the chair we are sitting in, or our posture. Our job is to leer away at the monitor, not being bothered much about the effect that slouch has upon our shoulders, neck, back and stomach. And then we go complaining to our doctor about neck problems.
To make sure that we never find ourselves in such a state — when our once firm stomach muscles have reached the consistency of watery jelly, our shoulders show the body language state of “dejected, disheartened and dismayed” — we have to look at the ergonomics — the best way — of sitting in chairs or a sofa.
When thinking about how ergonomics can help your spinal cord, you need to look at how you sit now and try to find a chair that fits you better. Most people sit in chairs whether at home or work and lean back to relax the body, when they need to lean the chair forward so that the back fits the curvatures of the chair.
Do not put a major portion of your body weight upon your hip bones. Some weight has to be placed upon the portion of your body, which can support it, your feet. Make sure that your feet are touching something solid. This is the easiest way to get a good posture.
Posture is something that most people who slouch have to think about to correct it. Its a mental thing when trying to correct it, because you body will just naturally go to the position you have been putting it in. You need to train the mind to sit in that position all the time in order to correct it.
Office jobs are the worse for these things because you do not realize that if you computer isnt eye level then you are putting strain on your body. Having a computer screen that is set up above, or below eye level will cause you to have to look up or down for long periods of time. Doing this puts strain on your spinal cord and causes you to have a tremendous amount of back pain because of it. So look at how your computer screen is set up and if you are putting strain on yourself doing it, and if you are, adjust it so that its at eye level.
Consider doing a posture exercise program to strengthen, stretch, and relax your posture muscles. This will help you sit up straight for longer periods of time without getting tired or the pain of strain.
Most people try and correct their posture and fail at it miserably because they do not try hard enough. Teaching the body to do something it doesnt want to do can be hard. However, with the right discipline you can get the posture corrected and be on your way to a healthier, happier life!
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Written by Eric Normand on December 9th, 2009 with
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