Our parents and caregivers warned
us about slouching. Our teachers did, too. Undoubtedly, our Richmond
chiropractor does today! Did we or do we pay attention? Not most of us when we
were young and a very few of us who are older and wiser
now. Johnson Chiropractic understands and embraces
slouchers and poor posture folks. Come to Johnson Chiropractic for Richmond
back pain relief and neck pain relief from
your slouching ways. Leave Johnson Chiropractic with tips on how
to keep posture-influenced pain and
distress at bay.
SLOUCHING, LIFTING, POOR POSTURE AND PAIN
Slouching posture isn’t good at all,
not good for your spine, your health, your mood. Slouching is linked
to things like pain, depression, and stress in addition to lower
levels of general health, emotional well-being, and energy/fatigue. (1) Spinal
angles must be abided by which slouching doesn’t do. The pelvic angle, the angle of pelvic tilt, body mass index
and thoracic kyphosis angle had 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 raised intradiscal pressure. Therefore,
Recent research recommended using a “free posture” that it was neither
too kyphotic or lordotic curved. This used both active and passive
spine elements in a more balanced way. (3) This concept of balance
makes good sense to chiropractors and their chiropractic patients
who know well often what triggers their back pain episodes.
Richmond CHIROPRACTIC PATIENTS CAN LIST THINGS
THAT TRIGGER THEIR BACK PAIN
Back pain sufferers can tell 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 Richmond back pain sufferers will concur
that even nonbiomedical issues like psychological state/stress/anxiety,
weather, sleep, diet and fatigue may trigger back pain. (4) Your
Richmond chiropractor understands how beneficial
our Richmond back pain patients’ knowledge of
their pain boosts their recovery. Knowledge like this plus
a tool can create great outcomes!
WHAT TO DO ABOUT SLOUCHING FOR BETTER POSTURE
Could today’s tech-y gadgets improve posture? Possibly, it may help quite a
bit! As with anything in life, feedback
is good; feedback changes habits. In a new study of feedback on posture
using a wearable feedback device just 15 minutes a day improved
participants’ reports on physical functioning, emotions,
energy/fatigue, confidence, overall stress along with neck and back posture compared to a group who didn’t use the device. (1) We – your Richmond chiropractor too
– may have the best of intentions to “watch” our posture,
but in the end, we just aren’t that
observant on our own! Johnson Chiropractic is here to help.
CONTACT Johnson 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 Richmond chiropractic appointment
with Johnson Chiropractic today. Slouchers and poor posture sufferers of all ages
are welcome. It’s time to take note of the
warning about the dangers of poor posture and resulting Richmond
back pain and neck pain. At Johnson Chiropractic, you'll get pain relief and receive
advice for preventing more pain.