Posts tagged low back pain
Lower back pain and body position
Lower back pain and body position

Your body’s position greatly effects the amount of pressure on the low back. Laying on your back creates the least amount of pressure, but just by standing straight you put 4 times the pressure on your lower back as compared to laying on your back. Standing and bending forward will increase the pressure on your lower back by another 50% as compared to standing straight. (Perhaps this is why so many patients lower back pain is initialed by just bending forward.) Your lower back pressure is significantly increased when you bend forward while holding a weight and the heavier the weight the more the pressure

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David PearsonPearson Family Chiropracticlow back pain, ergonomics, sitting and back pain, lumbago, chiropractic, Pearson family chiropractic
Lower back pain and obesity
Lower back pain and obesity

Excess weight increases the weight on the disc and small joints in the lower back. Increased weight increases compression, degeneration, and pain. Also, excess weight is not gained symmetrically. The rule most weight gain is at the abdomen.  This creates a lever arm that multiplies the actual load (weight) on the discs and small joints of the lower back. The lower back muscle must then contract to maintain upright posture, further adding to the weight to the spine.

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low back pain, EffectivenessDavid PearsonPearon Family Chiropracticlow back pain, back pain, weight loss, chiropractic, Pearson family chiropractic, Palm Coast Florida