My waist hurts when I bend over, so is it okay to stand upright?

Modern people are under great work pressure, especially white-collar workers who often sit all day long, which can easily cause back pain. Many people experience back pain when they bend over, but not when they stand upright. This situation is either caused by lumbar muscle strain or excessive fatigue and lack of rest. In fact, no matter what the reason is, you need to protect your waist, pay more attention to rest, avoid fatigue, and massage your waist to relieve fatigue.

What to do if a woman has back pain

Wearing high heels for a long time

Wearing high heels for a long time will limit the balance of the lower limbs, make walking inconvenient, and make the body coordination poor. It is very likely to cause waist sprain. Once sprained, the muscles and ligaments will be damaged to varying degrees, which will have a certain impact on women's life and work.

Lumbar muscle strain

Regardless of whether women engage in physical labor or not, they may suffer from lumbar muscle strain, because improper walking, sitting, and standing postures can lead to lumbar muscle strain, so women should pay more attention.

Cold and damp

Due to their special physiological characteristics, women are more susceptible to cold and damp diseases than men. Long-term invasion of cold and dampness can cause blood circulation problems and cause back pain. Women should pay attention to keep warm.

Lumbar disc herniation

Young and middle-aged women are prone to this disease. The cause is long-term lumbar muscle strain, sudden severe pain in the waist, and numbness and pain in the lower limbs. The main treatments are traction and surgery.

Pelvic inflammatory disease Genitourinary tract infection

Pelvic inflammatory disease is the most common cause of low back pain in women. It is caused by acute inflammation after cesarean section or ovarian cyst surgery. If it is not treated in time, it will manifest as low back pain, lower abdominal distension, and increased leucorrhea.

Reproductive system infections can also cause low back pain, such as cervicitis, cervical erosion, etc.

Abnormal position of the uterus

A normal uterus should tilt forward. When the uterus tilts backward, inflammation and adhesions occur in the uterus, causing traction-like pain.

Common in women with recurrent miscarriage, multiple births, or after uterine surgery.

Ways to prevent back pain

To nourish the kidney, women with heavy menstrual flow and cold waist pain should nourish the kidney. They can eat wolfberry, yam, longan, and those with yin deficiency can take Liuwei Dihuang Pills

The heels should not be too high, as this will increase the strain on the waist.

Keep warm in all seasons, especially around the waist.

You cannot have repeated miscarriages, otherwise it will damage your kidneys, cause inflammation, and lead to back pain.

The mattress should be of moderate quality to allow the waist to fully rest.

Low back pain precautions

1. Maintain good living habits to prevent your waist and legs from getting cold and to prevent overwork.

2. Stand or sit in the correct posture. An abnormal spinal column can cause uneven stress on the intervertebral discs, which is a hidden cause of intervertebral disc herniation. The correct posture should be "stand like a pine tree, sit like a bell", with the chest lifted and the waist straight. The same posture should not be maintained for too long. Appropriate in-place activities or waist and back exercises can relieve fatigue in the waist and back muscles.

3. Do not stretch your legs or bend your waist too much when exercising, otherwise it will not only fail to achieve the desired purpose, but also cause a herniated disc.

4. Do not bend over when lifting heavy objects. You should squat down first to pick up the heavy object, then stand up slowly, trying not to bend over.

From a biomechanical point of view, the L4-L5 and L5-S1 intervertebral discs are subject to the greatest pressure and have the greatest range of motion, while the posterior longitudinal ligament located in these two segments is relatively narrow (only 1/2 of the width of the upper part). Therefore, the L4-L5 and L5-S1 intervertebral discs are the most vulnerable parts, and clinically, L4-L5 and L5-S1 intervertebral disc herniations are the most common.

5. Eat a balanced diet with high protein and vitamin content and low fat and cholesterol, prevent obesity, quit smoking and control alcohol consumption.

6. Pay attention to the combination of work and rest at work, maintain correct posture, avoid sitting or standing for long periods of time, and do warm-up exercises before strenuous physical activity.

7. When resting in bed, it is advisable to choose a hard bed to maintain the physiological curvature of the spine.

8. Avoid cold and keep warm.

9. Lumbar disc herniation is a disease of the musculoskeletal system. The prevention principle requires reducing exercise and relaxing and resting.

10. You should strengthen your back and waist muscle exercises to strengthen your lumbar spine.