Back pain due to computer use is a most common problem seen in 4 out of 5 persons at any point of life, caused due to long hours of working in front of computer or bad posture while using the computer and lack of practicing relaxing
exercises before using the computers!
Back pain:
* The back is the workhorse of human body carrying the burden of the entire body, and is responsible for almost every move you make. This makes it susceptible to injury, and the resultant back pain can be quite immobilizing
* Back pain
relief exercises help most patients. In fact, those who suffer from chronic back pain usually benefit from regular stretches and bends and easy to apply treatments
* When a person suffers from back pain, he or she may take a few days off to rest the back. Most physiotherapist, however recommend back pain relief exercises, that both stretching and relaxation of the area
* Bad posture or sudden jerks or Lack of relaxing exercises, overweight are some of the root causes
Treatment and Preventive measures:
Yoga:
*Doing yoga cultivates a balance between the flexibility and strength of the muscles of the body
*People with back pain have to be extra careful when trying out exercises
*Essentially yoga increases the skeletal and muscle strength of the back while correcting the problems. It also builds up the abdominal muscles.
*The yoga poses need to be held for a few seconds, stretching and relaxing the back.
Stretching and Exercising while at work:
*Sit properly in a good chair designed for desk work
*Your back should be straight, your shoulders back, and the top of your monitor should be level with your eyes
*If you have to look down or up, you need to adjust the height of your screen
*Keep your legs bent at the knees so that the knees are only slightly higher than your hips
*Feet should be flat on the floor or on a step stool of some sort
*Stand up every half hour to stretch or walk around a bit.
*Stretch your calves, and give your eyes a break from focusing on your computer screen. This will also help prevent blood clots from developing in your legs. Blood clots are very common among middle-aged computer users
*To stretch your neck, flex your head forward/backward, side to side and look right and left. Never roll your head around your neck. This could cause damage to the joints of the neck
* When a spinal disk presses on a nerve, it causes a herniated disk
* Sometimes the herniated disk presses on hard on the sciatic nerve, resulting in sharp shooting pain right across the lower part of the body, this is known as sciatica
* When the vertebras of the spinal column slip forward, over lapping each other the painful condition of Spondylolisthesis occurs
* These problems could result in a herniated disk, or Sciatica, Spinal stenosis, Spondylosis and Spondylolisthesis
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