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Click in the cover to go to my new Global Back Care website. Get yourself a free copy the 'Causes of Back Pain, Shoulder Pain and Neck Pain' ebook and subscribe to the occasional Global Back Care newsletter.
If you're a new subscriber welcome to the straightest shooting health, fitness and well-being newsletter in Australia.
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DO YOU EXPERIENCEPAIN WHILE SITTING ?
One of the principal causes of lower back pain is your inability to sit up straight. Calf, hamstring and buttock muscles pull the pelvis back, changing the 'S" shaped curve of the spine into a 'C' shaped curve. This puts intense pressure on the ligaments, tendons, muscles and discs in the lumbar spine. It's known as collateral damage.
SLUMP DOGHere's how most people sit.
No wonder they get lower back, neck and shoulder pain.
SIT UP STRAIGHTHere's how you should be sitting.
Sit up straight, back of chair pressing in up under your shoulder blades and abdomen pushing into the desk.
KEEP YOURSELF STRONGUnless the core muscles of your abdomen and lower back are exceptionally strong there's about an 80% chance you'll succumb to lower back pain. Any lifting you do will probably be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
Well may your physiotherapist say that the cause of back pain is a weak multifidus muscle, but nothing will save the bones in your lower back from getting out of alignment if your general musculature is in poor shape.
The body is an ecosystem. All the muscles have to be strong, not just multifidus.
I'll show you the strength exercises you can do at home in the FIX BACK PAIN ebook.
KEEP YOURSELF FLEXIBLEThe chiropractors will try to crunch your bones back into alignment. However in a couple of weeks (with the slump dog posture and no exercise) tight calf, hamstring and buttock muscles will have pulled the lower spine vertebrae out of alignment again. Another $66 down the drain!
You've got to do the exercises that increase your flexibility.
I show you what these exercises the in FIX BACK PAIN ebook.
In the meantime stay tuned, highly tuned and remember to sit up straight with your abdomen pressing in to the desk.
Regards and best wishes
John Miller
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