To prevent back pain have strong abdominal core muscles and good posture and this will put you in a good starting position. If you have a good posture then it is more likely you have all the right muscles switched on that support your spine and pelvis and it is this switching on of these muscles that keep the correct curves in your spine.
Your spine is like a bridge.
Your spine is a piece of structural engineering that uses similar principles as The Sydney Harbour Bridge. The curves in your spine as in the bridge, are designed to displace load and when one of those curves is accentuated or flattened it will increase the load at some point in your spine and cause pain. We can spend hours at a time in positions slumping when seated or hunched over a desk or laptop. These are common culprits which then transfer to our standing posture. The term “good posture” seems so generic as we have been hearing it from our parents and teachers since we were kids. Generally speaking a person who has good posture will have their “abdominal core” switched on which gives them a head start in having a strong body and help prevent back pain.
Strengthening and stretching
There are a bunch of core and postural strength exercises along with stretching that can be done in your office or at home to improve posture and alleviate back pain or prevent back pain associated with poor posture. These strength and stretching exercises can be done without equipment as they use a technique called “cross bracing” which activates and switches on the muscles in the upper and lower body.
Start by sitting upright
If you can improve your posture you will find back pain that is associated with sitting and standing can be reduced. A way to start is just try and sit more upright at your desk or stand more upright as much as possible and your muscles will learn to hold you there.
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