Avoid Back Pain, this trick

One good posture while standing, sitting or sleeping is one of the reasons for the emergence of back pain or low back pain (LBP). In order to avoid lower back pain, a physiotherapist, Joko Santoso, S.FT advised us to correct body position.

"Low back pain was marked sense of pain, stiffness in the lower back. Posture and body position are risk factors for the onset of this pain," Joko said in a media gathering in Jakarta, Tuesday (18/11) afternoon. According to him, it is important to prevent posture and body position is wrong and improve the correct posture to avoid low back pain that is usually spread to the neck.

Joko said, while sitting, you should avoid sitting position too sag and curved. Correct position, he said, is rapidly cause soreness but eventually the body will get used. "On average we sit too slouch or lean forward when sitting a long time. It's 75 percent can cause back pain and back," he said.

Then, when standing, John recommends that do not wear high heels and hard or flat right in a long time. "Take one foot higher and often change body position while standing. Change position as often as possible and appropriate stance for arch support arch (arch) foot," said Joko.

He continued, during sleep, it is better not to sleep on a mattress that is too soft. Then, you should avoid sleeping in one position for too long because it can cause strain on the muscles. Then, when sleeping on your back, keep your feet slightly higher position than the position of the head so that the blood circulation more smoothly.

However, if, on your right side sleeping position, Joko suggested that bolsters put in front of the chest so that the chest is not too depressed and claustrophobic.

He does not recommend the prone sleeping position for adults and children because it can harm the heart organ. "How appropriate wake from sleep is to tilt the body first, then slowly down the foot of the bed while aided by hand," he said.

Men who had worked as a physiotherapist for 20 years was suggested that as much as possible to change the position of the body during sleep every two hours. He added, lower back pain can cause muscles to become rigid, so the effect on the joints. This allows the risk of someone suffering from pain in the knee becomes larger.