Get Lower Back Pain Relief by Reversing the Process of Its Occurrence

Quite often we can get relief from lower back pain just by reversing the process of its causes. And let us remember that the causes of back pain do not always have to be serious like accidents, falls, pushing or hauling heavy weights, sprains or injuries through unexpected reasons or situations. Moreover, lower back pain arising out of such serious causes should always be referred to experts.

Most health problems can be successfully treated simply by bringing changes in the way we eat, work, think and live. With this basic premise, here is how we can get lower back pain relief by following cost free, yet effective steps.

1. Make it a habit to sit erect

You may have to make a conscious effort to sit erect in the beginning. In course of time, it will become your habit so that you will feel odd, uneasy or unnatural if you incline or bend the upper half your body forward while sitting.

2. Take short breaks from sitting posture

Quite often it becomes a bit difficult to continue sitting even in erect posture and the body tends to bend down for a change or rest. You do not become conscious of this change in posture because you are too much absorbed in your work.

The best approach is to take short breaks after you complete a segment of your work. Spend your break to relax yourself by stretching your body, bending backwards and walking a few steps around the room.

3. Sit on low back chair

Get a low back chair that allows you to stretch your hands, head and shoulders as much backwards as possible even while you are sitting in it.

4. Correct posture while sleeping

We spend almost half of our day sleeping. Wrong postures during sleep contribute as much to back pain as the sitting postures during the working time.

It is true that a person is almost as good as dead while sleeping and cannot remain conscious of his/her posture. But is it not easier to make a self-effort to correct our posture during sleep rather than allow the doctors to use force upon us with their fearful looking contraptions?

5. Stretching and relaxing exercises

Internet is replete with questions from back pain sufferers about what physical exercises are most suitable to eliminate pain. There is nothing wrong in seeking advice from the experts.

One suggestion is that we should take exercises that aim at reversing the physical activities that cause back pain. For example, stretching and bending backwards can undo the impact of bending forward.

But you might say, you have read or heard a lot about such a simplistic approach to back pain relief and there is nothing new about it. But the question is: Haven't you often ignored this advice precisely because it is too simple and commonplace to deserve practice?

In fact, the secret to getting back pain relief lies in taking action rather than ruminating over the simplicity or the commonplaceness of the advice.