Our parents and caregivers warned
us about slouching. Our teachers did, too. Certainly, our McHenry
chiropractor does now! Did we or do we listen? Not likely when we
were young and a very few of us who are older and wiser
now. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic accepts and welcomes
slouchers and poor posture folks. Come to OrthoIllinois Chiropractic for McHenry
neck pain and back pain relief from
your slouching ways. Go away with tips on how
to avoid posture-influenced pain and misery.
SLOUCHING, LIFTING, POOR POSTURE AND PAIN
Slouching posture is just not good,
not good for your spine, your health, your mood. Slouching is connected
to things like pain, depression, and stress as well as lower
levels of general health, emotional well-being, and energy/fatigue. (1) Spinal
angles need to be abided by which slouching do
not do. The pelvic angle, the angle of pelvic tilt, body mass index
and thoracic kyphosis angle played a significant role in
whether a person experienced back pain or not. (2) Slouching while
lifting isn’t good either as it strained
disc fibers and increased intradiscal pressure. Consequently,
Recent research recommended 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 manner. (3) This concept of balance
makes practical sense to chiropractors and their chiropractic patients
who are well aware what triggers their back pain bouts.
McHenry CHIROPRACTIC PATIENTS CAN LIST THINGS
THAT TRIGGER THEIR BACK PAIN
Back pain sufferers can explain to us
chiropractors what they think initiates their
pain. Active movements (35%), static postures (28.1%), overdoing a task (5.3%),
biomechanical issues, lack of exercise, work and medications are on
the list. Some McHenry back pain sufferers will agree
that even nonbiomedical issues like psychological state/stress/anxiety,
weather, sleep, diet and fatigue may trigger back pain. (4) Your
McHenry chiropractor understands how helpful
our McHenry back pain patients’ knowledge of
their pain helps them recover. Knowledge like this and
a tool can make great results!
WHAT TO DO ABOUT SLOUCHING FOR BETTER POSTURE
Could today’s fancy tech help
with posture? Potentially, it may help quite a
bit! As with anything in life, feedback
is helpful; feedback changes habits. In a new study of feedback on posture
using a wearable feedback device for only 15 minutes a day boosted
participants’ descriptions of physical functioning, emotions,
energy/fatigue, confidence, overall stress along with neck and back posture contrasted with a group who did
not use the device. (1) We – including your McHenry chiropractor
– set out with the best of intentions to “watch” our posture,
but in the end, we just aren’t very good at it on our own! OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is here to help.
CONTACT OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
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
essential 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 McHenry chiropractic appointment
with OrthoIllinois Chiropractic today. Slouchers and poor posture sufferers of all ages
are invited. It is time to take note of the
warning about the hazards of poor posture and resulting McHenry
back pain and neck pain. At OrthoIllinois Chiropractic, you'll get pain relief and get
advice for preventing more pain.