According to some sources 8 out of 10 people will at one time or another suffer from back pain. This has being going on for ages and will probably continue to do so.
The two principal causes will usually be:
Due to some injury - which could be sports or accident induced.
Bad Posture - which is normally caused by bad habits.
And of these two bad posture is the winner. When your grandparents or your parents told you to sit up straight or not to slouch, they were not just trying to educate your manners. There were some very sound medical reasons behind their words.
Overtime we create habits. Some can be good and many others can be bad habits. These actions, which can also be ways of thinking or ways of doing something, in time and by repetition become automatic for us. Washing our teeth, once we conquer the habit, becomes something we don't consciously think about. The same thing happens with our posture.
Our physical posture, which is another way of describing how we sit, how we stand and walk, is caused by the way we hold our muscles and our body frame.
Our backs are made up of a series of muscles, bones, ligaments and discs. They are all part of our organism and to work properly they have to work in conjunction. If a muscle is over exerted, it will reflect this over exertion. If pressure is placed on a spinal disc, be it through a heavy weight or because it is being strained at an angle, the pressure will have to be reflected somewhere.
If for example, you sit with your back bent over your desk, which by the way is very typical, you are in fact straining the muscles and your back in general.
Most people for example will have one shoulder higher than the other - this doesn't necessarily mean that it is obvious to the untrained eye, but it does come as a result of bad posture and can be the cause of back pain.
One quick and easy tip to help you relieve your back pain is:
Hold your back up straight, especially when sitting down, but also while standing or walking.
This is the simplest way of correcting your posture and perhaps the most effective. Many times you will read or hear descriptions of how to keep your spine straight, and they are all probably valid.
One very simple way of doing so, is to imagine a soldier on parade and imitate him. Continue to imitate they way he holds his shoulders, his chest, his stomach. Soon you will find it becomes automatic and turns into a habit. Your back pain will become a thing of the past if it has been caused by your posture.
Not all situations involving back pain will be relieved by a good posture alone. It will always help but there are times when additional measures are needed - depending on the cause.
Philip Robinson has various on line projects including health related themes. You can visit his website at http://www.sciaticabackpain.org with a section on Back Pain Relief Products. He is happily married and a father of five. As someone with a large family he focuses on fun, creativity, education, health issues and making ends meet in a loving environment.
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