Primary Lower Back Pain Remedies To Use

Your desk is the next thing to evaluate. Where are your hands and wrists compared to the top of the desk? Are they too high or too low? Either one of these will contribute to a whole host of neck and back pain syndromes. Where is the computer screen? Do you have to raise or lower your head to view the screen? If so, expect neck pain.

Check other chairs you sit on for proper ergonomics. Check your dining room chair table. If this chair doesn’t fit you, you won’t want to spend much time entertaining guests for dinner. Check your couch and living room furniture as well.

Check your driver’s seat, too. It’s easy to end up sitting too low or too high in the chair, end up with back pain, and then end up looking for lower back pain remedies. The angle of the chair should be 110 to 135 degrees for best positioning and the least amount of pain, according to some researchers. Ergonomics is very important!

Bad ergonomics is not commonly considered as a cause of back pain but it makes a lot of sense. The constant sitting in a chair that doesn’t fit your body or the constant walking in shoes that create muscle imbalance in the muscles of your back will send anyone on a path for lower back pain remedies.

Resources

JMPT, Vol. 22 (9), Nov/Dec 1999.
JMPT, Vol. 23 (1), Jan 2000.

Author

This article was written for Insights-on-Health.com in Oct 2013 by Dr Donna Schwontkowski. Reversing health disorders is easier when principles of natural healing are used. Dr Donna is a retired chiropractor with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in nutrition and a master’s in herbology. She has over 25 years experience working with thousands of patients to reverse their health conditions. Read more about her here.

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