Is Your Job Killing Your back?

If you’ve ever suffered from back pain, the problem most likely has nothing to do with your back.

Let me explain...

The way we live today, our bodies are constantly contorted into positions that are abnormal for us. Often too much sitting....

Whether it’s working at your desk for 8... 9... 10 hours a day, commuting to work or relaxing and watching television, your body isn’t meant to stay in the “sitting” position for very long. 

What’s the result? Your body becomes misaligned… specifically your hips. 

After a prolonged period of time, your hips start to pull on the tendons and ligaments that connect it to your back. And this pulling is what causes the sharp or dull back pain many people suffer from. 

If you were to go to a doctor, you may be told to do some stretches to “fix” your back. 

But there’s a problem with this solution. 

Most of these stretches are designed to loosen your joints. And the key factor that these doctors don’t know about is that you don’t want loose joints. You want them to be tight. Tight joints mean stable and strong joints. And help prevent injury in the first place.

That’s why the guys at The Healthy Back Institute suggested these exercises and more to me. I really needed them! These exercises help to  realign your hips to relieve stress on your back, but also works to help keep your joints nice and tight to help avoid injury in the future. 

Here are some stretches they got me to do 

• Shoulder Stretch: This one was important to me due to the amount of time i spent at the computer and also driving. You need to stretch and develop these muscles because they are very susceptible to injury. And tight shoulder muscles contribute to back and neck pain, especially if your head and shoulders droop forward.

How To: Stand in an open doorway. Raising your arm to a 90-degree angle with palm facing out, press your hand and shoulder against the wall and doorjamb. You should feel the wall against your armpit. Slowly increase the tension as you push forward. Hold for a 10 count. Then repeat with the other arm.

• Hip Flexors: You need to do this stretch, particularly if you sit all day at work. I was way too sedentary in my job and it was not good for me at all. Meetings, in the car, computer work, reading - all sitting...

• Sitting all day puts pressure on the hip flexor muscles. This is a major cause of minor lower back pain. Stretching your hip flexors muscles several times a week will prevent this kind of lower back pain. I find this stretch particularly valuable and make sure I include it often even though I do not suffer regular pain now.

How To: Stand in a modified runner stance, with right foot forward and left foot back, feet flat on floor. Put your hands on your hips and keep your back and hips in straight alignment. Push forward with your hips, while maintaining your erect posture. Slowly, push your hips forward only until you feel a comfortable level of tension. Hold for a 10 count. Switch sides by reversing your leg stance and repeat.

Give these a try. They work for me. Start off every other day and go from there. Do go slow and steady as your body may not be used to these type of exercises.  Consistency is the key.

There are other steps you can take to overcome back pain and stiffness naturally, too.

In fact, Jesse Cannone – a top fitness trainer and co-founder of the Healthy Back Institute – has written a book called The 7-Day Back Pain Cure. It shows you how to get to the root of back pain problems and fix them without drugs, injections, or surgery. It also suggests numerous measures you can take to prevent back pain in the future.

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Lose The Back Pain System
Lose the Back Pain, is a system of self assessments to determine what physical imbalances you may have that may be causing your pain, then specific and targeted exercises to follow to address the imbalances, along with pain reduction strategies. 

For useful information and suggestions there is a Free Back Pain Book Written by the Healthy back Institute-

7 Day Back Pain Cure
This free book (there is a small shipping/handling fee for physical book) will give you a good starting point for taking back control of your back pain covering reasons for pain, pain relief, possible treatments, action plans and many other things you will find useful. Follow Jasmine Ann Raintree's board Back And Sciatic Pain Strategies. on Pinterest.