Our moms and dads warned
us about slouching. Our teachers did, too. Certainly, our Brooks
chiropractor does today! Did we or do we heed
their advice? Not most of us when we
were young and maybe a small number who are older and wiser
today. Soft Health and Healing Clinic understands and embraces
slouchers and poor posture folks. Come to Soft Health and Healing Clinic for Brooks
back pain relief and neck pain relief from
your slouching ways. Go away with tips on how
to keep posture-influenced pain and
distress at bay.
SLOUCHING, LIFTING, POOR POSTURE AND PAIN
Slouching posture is just not good,
not good for your spine, your health, your mood. Slouching is linked
to things like pain, depression, and stress in addition to lower
levels of general health, emotional well-being, and energy/fatigue. (1) Spinal
angles must be respected which slouching do
not do. The pelvic angle, the angle of pelvic tilt, body mass index
and thoracic kyphosis angle displayed a significant role in
whether a person had back pain or not. (2) Slouching while
lifting isn’t good either as it strained
disc fibers and raised intradiscal pressure. Therefore,
Recent research suggested using a “free posture” that it was not
too kyphotic or lordotic curved. Thus it used both active and passive
spine elements in a more balanced way. (3) This concept of balance
makes practical sense to chiropractors and their chiropractic patients
who are well aware what triggers their back pain episodes.
Brooks CHIROPRACTIC PATIENTS CAN LIST THINGS
THAT TRIGGER THEIR BACK PAIN
Back pain sufferers can explain to us
chiropractors what they believe brings on their
pain. Active movements (35%), static postures (28.1%), overdoing a task (5.3%),
biomechanical issues, lack of exercise, work and medications top
the list. Some Brooks back pain sufferers will concur
that even nonbiomedical concerns like psychological state/stress/anxiety,
weather, sleep, diet and fatigue may trigger back pain. (4) Your
Brooks chiropractor understands how beneficial
our Brooks back pain patients’ understanding of
their pain boosts their recovery. Knowledge like this plus
a tool can make great results!
WHAT TO DO ABOUT SLOUCHING FOR BETTER POSTURE
Could today’s tech-y gadgets improve posture? Possibly, it may do so quite a
bit! As with anything in life, feedback
is helpful; feedback influences
change. In a recent study of feedback on posture
using a wearable feedback device just 15 minutes a day improved
participants’ reports on physical functioning, emotions,
energy/fatigue, confidence, overall stress along with neck and back posture compared to a group who did
not use the device. (1) We – your Brooks chiropractor included
– may have the best of intentions to “watch” our posture,
but when it comes down to it, we just are not that
observant on our own! Soft Health and Healing Clinic is here to help.
CONTACT Soft Health and Healing Clinic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Roy Siegel whose NYC practice partners with performers
of all types…as well as a special patient in Pope John Paul II…whose posture is
foundational to what they do. On The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson about his involvement with The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule you Brooks chiropractic appointment
with Soft Health and Healing Clinic today. Slouchers and poor posture sufferers of all ages
are welcome. It is time to take note of the
warning about the hazards of poor posture and resulting Brooks
back pain and neck pain. At Soft Health and Healing Clinic, you'll get pain relief and get
advice for preventing more pain.