How to Prevent Bad Back Pain with Good Posture

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How to Prevent Bad Back Pain with Good Posture
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• You might remember your mother asking you to stop
  slouching and making you sit up straight. At that
  time, it felt annoying, but in the end she was
  right to correct you. To prevent or reduce lumbar
  issues, maintaining a proper posture is
  considered as one of the most important factors.
  It is also a simple technique that can help you
  to get rid of neck and back pain.
• To keep your spine stable and strong, maintaining
  a healthy posture is quite vital. Additional
  pressure and strain is put on the ligaments and
  muscles when you slump or slouch. These muscles
  and ligaments help to maintain balance of your
  body. This is a major reason for causing muscle
  strains, back pain, fatigue, weakened abdominal
  muscles, headaches and other similar problems.

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• Displacement or movement of inter-vertebral discs
  which is one of the most common reasons of
  chronic back pain in chiropractic patients is
  also caused by bad posture. This may result in
  weakening of different muscle groups which help
  in maintaining correct posture, making it quite
  hard to sit or stand in a proper way.
• A number of health benefits are there with good
  posture. It helps to maintain muscle strength and
  improves the airflow in your body. A good posture
  is considered much healthier for your
  musculoskeletal system as it prevents strain. It
  makes you look a lot better as sitting or
  standing in an upright position makes a person
  appear more confident and assertive to others.
  When you stand in a proper straight up position,
  you may look thinner, taller and even younger
  than before. Therefore it is possible that your
  good posture might get you that extra attention!

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• How to Define Good Posture? For many years
  people have thought that standing or sitting
  upright with your head and shoulders thrown back
  and spine kept in a straight position is an ideal
  position. This is not true, no matter what your
  elders have taught you about it. What people need
  to understand here is that staying in this
  posture is harmful just like slouching. The
  natural curves of the spine should be maintained
  by a proper posture. There are three natural
  curves in a human spine
• A forward curve at the lower back known as lumbar
  curve
• A backwards curve at the upper back known as
  thoracic curve
• A forward curve at the neck known as cervical
  curve

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• Instead of pulling on the back by slouching and
  exaggerating the curves, a proper posture will
  help your back to fit into the right position
  naturally. It does not lead to strain because
  curves are not straightened.
• How to Maintain a Good Posture? A proper
  posture is when you hold your chest high and keep
  your shoulders back and relaxed. By keeping your
  feet in a parallel position, try to pull in your
  buttocks and abdomen area. One more way of
  getting a right posture is by keeping your face,
  shoulders and hips aligned together. Doing
  exercise and stretches on a regular basis would
  help you to loosen your body. You can also visit
  a physiotherapy centre to get the right tips from
  an expert Physio. Willoughby is the place where
  you can find many renowned and experienced
  physiotherapists.

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