| If you're looking for some simple tips to help save your | | | | Make sure your chair is not too low. This is one of the |
| back, hips and joints or get back pain relief, assuming | | | | reasons people get back pain and are not aware that |
| you do a lot of sitting all day at work or at home on | | | | their chair is positioned too low. Consider buying an |
| your computer, these are some of my favorite tips. | | | | ergonomic chair or better ergonomic chair. Beware of |
| Oftentimes it isn't a better ergonomic chair that's | | | | those labeled ergonomical that aren't. |
| needed but the fact that most of us are slouched | | | | When you're on the phone try standing up instead of |
| forward with our earlobes in front of our shoulders. | | | | sitting at your desk or on the couch at home. You can |
| Then we sit that way for hours, hardly moving. So first | | | | also tighten your abs and lean back keeping your |
| of all check your posture and make sure you keep | | | | earlobes in check. |
| your head and neck back using your earlobes as a | | | | Some people use a treadmill desk and walk at about 2 |
| guide. | | | | miles an hour or so. |
| Good posture will also give your lungs room to breathe | | | | Get a lumbar roll. These are inexpensive and available |
| properly from your abdomen and help your voice and | | | | at medical supply houses. You can put them behind |
| speech too. | | | | you in the natural curve of your back to help keep |
| Sitting for prolonged times like this, no matter what | | | | your spine in the proper positioning. |
| your age, can cause blood clots and hip, joint and back | | | | You can set reminders to stand up every 15 minutes |
| pain which is the leading cause of disability in people | | | | or so with timers, post-it notes or Outlook reminders. |
| under the age of 45! | | | | Using these tips will help you avoid back pain and |
| Sitting is the worst possible thing you can do for your | | | | serious problems. If you're suffering now with pain and |
| back and puts a lot of stress on the spine and | | | | need relief, make sure you do these every day and |
| slouching makes it worse. So make sure to stand up | | | | work on your posture whether standing or walking. Try |
| every ten or fifteen minutes or so and clasp your | | | | building up your back muscles at the gym or health |
| hands behind you. Walking around for a few moments | | | | club - I especially like the lat pull-down and seated row |
| is even better. You want to keep from hunching into a | | | | to keep my back healthy and ward off pain. Give |
| C shape. | | | | these tips a try and avoid back, hip and joint pain like I |
| The disks that absorb the shock between our | | | | do. There are a lot more tips and secrets you can use |
| vertebrae need nutrients because they have no blood | | | | to help you get back pain relief or avoid it like I do - too |
| or nerve supply. They depend on movement for | | | | many to mention in this article. |
| nourishment. So keep moving as much as you can. | | | | |