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Case history: where flexion was the key

Filed in Case history, April 27, 2009, 11:05 am , ,

Mark is a 41-year-old municipal judge in Oregon. For two months, he had intermittent pain in the lower back and buttocks. He knew of no reason for this. His pain was worse when he rose to stand and when he walked. He felt better lying on his back. Ibuprofen had brought him some relief.
His lumbar [...]

Correcting the sitting

Filed in Correct, April 10, 2009, 10:43 am , ,

Sitting Correctly for Long Periods.
If you have pain resulting from factors other than just poor posture, you may need to do more than correct your posture. You may need to perform special exercises. In this chapter, I am describing only the exercises required to reduce postural stress and to obtain postural correction.

Sitting for prolonged periods

Filed in Neck, March 21, 2009, 11:00 pm ,

When we are moving about, especially when we walk briskly, we assume a fairly upright posture. Our head is retracted and held directly over the vertebral column and consequently receives the maximum possible support. When we sit and relax in a chair , the head and neck slowly protrude, because the muscles that support them [...]

Your body sags

Filed in Posture, February 20, 2009, 7:16 am ,

Poor posture in sitting is by far the most common cause of pain and stiffness in the back and, for that matter, in the neck. Most everyone spends a greatdeal of time sitting: even if you do not spend most of your day behind a desk, you probably spend much of your evening in an [...]

Consequences of postural neglect

Filed in Posture, February 19, 2009, 6:50 am ,

Some people who habitually adopt poor posture remain unaware that their posture is causing their back pain. These people experience back pain throughout their lifetime simply because they do not have the information needed to correct the postural faults.
When pains stemming from bad posture are first felt, they are easily eliminated if one merely corrects [...]

Muscle strain as the cause of neck pain

Filed in Spine, February 9, 2009, 7:35 am ,

Many people think back and neck pain is caused by muscle strain. Occasionally this is the case. Muscles can indeed be overstretched or injured. But this requires a considerable amount of force and does not happen often. Moreover, muscles usually heal very rapidly and seldom cause pain lasting for more than a week or two.