Back pain (also known "dorsalgia") is pain felt in the back that may originate from the muscles, nerves, bones, joints or other structures in the spine.
The pain may have a sudden onset or it can be a chronic pain, it can be felt constantly or intermittently, stay in one place or refer or radiate to other areas. It may be a dull ache, or a sharp or piercing or burning sensation. The pain may be felt in the neck (and might radiate into the arm and hand), in the upper back, or in the low back, (and might radiate into the leg or foot), and may include symptoms other than pain, such as weakness, numbness or tingling.
Back pain is one of humanity's most frequent complaints. In the U.S., acute low back pain (also called lumbago) is the fifth most common reason for all physician visits. About nine out of ten adults experience back pain at some point in their life, and five out of ten working adults have back pain every year.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Posture Correction - Are Static Postures Largely to Blame For Back Pain?

What is Posture?

Ask most people to define the word "attitude", and they will often say that it is the position of the various parts of the body. I saw the word in the Oxford English Dictionary and found the following: -

attitude

? Noun 1 a particular position of the body. 2 The manner in which a person's body. 3 A-or-something attitude.

The first version is heading, and is the most popular definition. But the second version is subjective, and I think better, because it implies that there are more than just holding position.

In the quest to find out what attitude really means, I asked a teacher of the Alexander Technique, as they define attitude. Unlike the average person, they cited the second version. They said that attitude is not really about the position, but it has to do with the relationship between the parts of the body. Good posture is often for a particular place, but when young children, all agree, of course, a good attitude, it is clear that it is not a position for more than a few seconds.

How can this theory using Posture correction?

In product designers create chairs when the attitude of the end user, their goal is to make it in a certain single position that they think is a "good attitude". This position is a static position without any movement. Most chairs, which are sold, such as the promotion of a responsible attitude, not to promote the movement. This is because Ergonomists think good posture is not as a continuously changing state, but as a static position.

For this reason I try to avoid sitting in certain T-shirts for a long time. If given the opportunity, I'm much more comfortable sitting on an inflatable ball, as most office chairs. Known as gym balls, balance balls all, they are similar to the Space Hopper were you when you have a child. The best thing about them is that you jump up and down to your joints constantly in motion. Also you do not have to sit in the conventional manner - you kneel to them, or you can rely on one foot for a short period. I prefer to use the extra small ball, is about 15 cm in diameter. This means that my position is midway between the occupation and the normal meeting. As a result of the table to the same level as my armpits, that's a comfortable height for my arms to rest.

In the course of the day I might 8 or 9 different postures, such as standing, kneeling, and different seating positions, etc, that I am on constant rotation. I do not use an alarm clock to know when to change, but I am aware feel of what is needed.

Although squatting down this low may not be a lot of people, it suits me, and that is my point, each individual has their own preferences. I think this is a universal principle that people should try and have at least 4 or 5 different positions, that they turn the whole day.

 

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