What to do if your spine is not in good condition

The spine is located at the back of the human body and is a skeletal structure that supports the upper body. If there is an abnormality in the spine, people's upper body movement ability will also be affected. In fact, in daily life, many people have problems with their spine. If certain methods can be taken to care for the spine, this problem can be alleviated. Here are some ways to protect the spine!

1. Don’t sit at a desk for a long time to protect your cervical spine

For students and people working in clerical jobs, writing basically takes up most of their time. Over time, maintaining a bowed head posture for a long time can easily cause excessive bending of the cervical spine and strain of the neck muscles. Therefore, after working or studying for a period of time, you should turn your neck from time to time, tilt your head back for a while, and massage the tense muscles with your hands.

2. Don’t sit for a long time - protect your lumbar spine and sacral spine.

Taxi drivers, for example, sit in the cab all year round. The special nature of their work means that they spend more time sitting than standing, and they are at a relatively higher risk of developing lumbar disc herniation. The same goes for clerks and other people who "sit" at work. Because when a person is in a sitting position, the weight of the body is borne by the lumbar spine and sacral spine, of course, the main one is the lumbar spine. Under long-term pressure, the lumbar intervertebral disc is squeezed, deformed, and strained to a certain extent, and slowly, low back and leg pain, back soreness and even numbness in the feet begin to appear. Therefore, you must combine sitting and working with standing activities. Get up and move around after sitting for about 45 minutes, and do some stretching exercises. Drivers should also know how to find opportunities to relax their stiff waist.

3. Don’t sleep on a too soft bed to protect your spine

Many people think that Simmons mattresses are soft and comfortable to sleep on, but Xiaoqi prefers to sleep on a hard bed. Occasionally, when I stayed overnight at my relatives' homes, I slept on a Simmons mattress a few times. When I woke up the next day, I would feel sore all over. In fact, the reason is very simple. When sleeping on a hard bed, because the supporting surface provides enough support, the body can relax the muscles and spine that have been tense for a whole day with peace of mind during sleep. If you sleep on a Simmons mattress, then the situation becomes that the muscles that are not in contact with the side of the bed are relaxed, but the Simmons mattress, which is as soft as the surface of water, is unable to bear the pressure and can only rely on the muscles and spine below to support it independently. How can this not increase the burden on the spine? Sleeping on a Simmons mattress for a long time can also cause changes in your physiological curvature.