Causes of Back Pain, Correcting The Bad Habits

Do you suffer from back pain? Think about the way you keep your posture throughout the day and night.

Many people work on a computer. Are you sitting ergonomically correct, with your head bent forward or are you slouching? If you are not sitting ergonomically correct while working on a computer you need to take frequent breaks to move your muscles in a different position. The best solution to the problem is to fix the way you sit to an ergonomically correct position. Speak to your employer as he or she will want to fix the problem to save from workman’s compensation injuries and help you to become more comfortable, thus causing you to become more productive. It is a win-win situation.

Throughout your life you do a lot of lifting or you may have a job that requires frequent lifting. We are told to lift while bending at our knees so as not to lift and put pressure on our spine. If you do not lift properly, your spine becomes rounded and your discs bulge backwards. One time of poor lifting can damage your spine. It is even more common for one to damage the back with repetitive improper lifting. When lifting do not twist as this can cause damage to the back as well.

Back pain can be very painful and causes a poor quality of life, it can take a few weeks to many months to heal. Dr. Tuchinsky’s office in Weston, Florida, has help people with all types of cases regarding the spine, neck, and disc issues, treatment ranges from young kids to all ages. (Visit www.drtuchinsky.com for more information). It is know that within the workforce, back pain is over half of the worker’s compensation claims.

Another one of the causes of back pain includes frequent twisting and turning throughout the day. For instance, do you sit at a desk for your job? If you do, you know that you move throughout the day twisting and turning while sitting in your desk chair. While doing this form of activity you are putting stress on your discs.

You may think sitting is good for your back. On the contrary as sitting causes up to eleven times more pressure to the spine when you sit. With all of the folks working or surfing the Internet on the computer, it is important to realize that sitting too long in a flexed position can cause back pain.

Neck, shoulder and middle back pain can be caused from those who place the telephone between the ear and shoulder. This is a bad habit that should be avoided. If you frequently answer the telephone at work and need to write while doing so, you should ask your employer for a headphone set versus a telephone. While wearing a headphone set to answer the telephone this will help to keep your back posture in a healthier position.

Not only are sitting jobs and bending jobs causes of back pain but standing jobs can cause back pain as well. To avoid back pain and fatigue, do not stand with stiff knees and/or with the spine arched outward. Stand with proper posture to avoid back pain.

To keep your spine healthy you must keep your spine balanced. All of the above examples are imbalanced spine situations. Another excellent example of an imbalanced spine is a male sitting at his job with a thick wallet in his pocket. The thick wallet in his pant’s pocket is causing the spine to be in an unbalanced position, thus causing back pain.

If you have had a back injury or back pain it is important to keep moving your muscles. You may feel like “babying” your back and trying to sit as still as possible; it is important not to do this. Keep your muscles moving in the proper movement to help keep them strong, thus reducing back pain. Moving your muscles does not cause back pain, moving your muscles improperly causes back pain.

Call Dr. Tuchinsky’s office in Weston, FL today at 954-895-7896 for treatment of your back or neck pain. Visit www.drtuchinsky.com on the web for more information.