Spine Health Awareness – 3 Simple Tips for a Healthy Spine:

by Mr Jwalant S Mehta//Back Pain

Back pain is the leading spine problem impacting millions of working professionals every day around the world. It is the most common job-related disability and 80% of the people suffer from back pain at some point in their lifetime.

Human back that is complex structures that are composed of bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and disks, which collectively work together to provide support, stability and flexibility to perform everyday movements. Any problem, be it a sprain, spasm, strain, tension or damage to any element of the spine can trigger back pain. These spinal problems tend to be caused by muscle weakness, muscle imbalance, poor mobility, poor biomechanics, and sedentary lifestyle. And taking proper care of your spine is found to reduce the incidence of the back pain later due to these problems.

While we have given a brief introduction about the spine and its anatomy we dedicate this blog to give you simple tips that can help you improve your spine health and reduce the chances of the debilitating back pain later in life.

So here are 3 simple tips that can help you improve your spine health and decrease your chances of back pain:

  1. Maintain a proper posture:

    An improper posture can strain the back muscles, and stress the spine and given your propensity to adopt it every day, it can constrict blood vessels, nerves, muscles and also discs (sports). All the changes over time accumulate manifesting in the form of back or neck pain causing frequent problems whose risk can be greatly reduced by adopting a proper posture. If you are parent then the most effective change you can make is to help your child adopt a good healthy posture and make sure he sticks with it without falling back.

  2. Stretching:

    Hours spent in sitting position and sedentary lifestyle that follows can cause the muscle tension in the back which can be reduced using the proper stretching regimen. Performing simple stretched like back flexion, kneeling lunge, piriformis stretch can improve range of motion, mobility, and reduce the risk of back pain.

  3. Exercise to strengthen core:

    While stretching improve mobility and flexibility, exercise is important to fortify your core and back muscles to make them strong enough to take the pressure off the lower back. As abs and back muscles are the caveats of the majority of the patients worldwide it is important to strengthen then with a proper exercise regimen to reduce the chances of back pain and injury. And as a word of caution, we advise you to take help from a professional, if you are to start your exercise regimen since improper form can further stress the spine and lower back.

Making the above three changes can significantly improve your spine health and reduce the risk of back pain. However, not all the case of back pain are due to poor biomechanics, posture or mobility. Spine conditions like arthritis, ruptured disc, spine infections, spondylolysis, and spondylolisthesis can also cause chronic back pain followed by other symptoms. So it is always advised to consult an experienced spine specialist to know the source behind back pain a get treated accordingly at the earliest. If you are living in the UK and are searching for an expert spine surgeon in the UK, then you can contact Children and Adult Spinal Surgeon Mr Jwalant S. Mehta here: Clinical secretary: Samantha Leavy +44 785 021 1939