The True Cause Of Back Pain Problem

There are numerous causes of back pain, from injury to illness, but the most common cause of back pain is the modern lifestyle.

Your back pain may have come on suddenly, but the condition that caused it has been gradually developing over time; probably for many years. All our labor-saving devices have saved us from an important part of being healthy – using our bodies in a variety of ways, as it was intended to. When the body has to walk, lift, bend, stretch and twist, it is working every muscle in a natural way, and the body is balanced.

The modern western lifestyle has robbed us of this wide range of movement. We usually drive cars or take a bus instead of walking the mile or so to work or to the shops. We sit for long hours at a desk for work, or we stare at a computer screen, hunched over, for hours at a time. Clothes dryers have largely replaced stretching up to hang out the clothes. We flick a switch for cooking, heating and entertainment.

Good posture has become a thing of the past, when it was taught and practised in schools. This not only helped the children to look great, it also helped the muscles work in conjunction with each other to hold the body in the proper anatomical position. In this position, there was no muscle strain and all internal organs were able to work properly.

Because so many of the tasks we do, and do repeatedly, require us to sit and lean forward, the curve of the upper spine is accentuated, the muscles of the chest become shorter, the chin juts forward, shortening the back neck muscles, the lower spine is pushed out of alignment and the abdominal muscles stretch and lose tone. No wonder so many people experience back and neck pain!

When we perform this action over and over again, the changes in the spine and muscles become habit. This can trigger problems to happen like pinched nerves, herniated discs, crushed discs and dysfunctional muscles. Many of the “conditions” that cause us to have back pain are actually the outcome of our lifestyle and posture. But these “conditions” are the outcome of poor posture and unbalanced muscles.

When your muscles are out of balance, your spine is pulled out of alignment and this is the base cause of the “conditions” that give you back pain. There are many back pain relief you can do to correct the imbalance which will ease your pain.

Some examples of activities include: stretch up and back often when working at a desk; walk for 10 minutes a day to use every muscle in your back; be aware of proper posture all day and pull your abdominals in whenever you think to.