Good Morning Everyone!
We're having some beautiful weather this week, so I'll make sure to keep this short (so you can get back outside and enjoy)! I have many patients that have low back pain as their main complaint. As with anything else, I have two jobs in taking care of this problem. First, I have treat the problem as it is for the patient. Second, I have to help figure out how to prevent the problem in the future. The second part is often more difficult than the first.
The problem with trying to prevent low back pain is that the source of the low back pain for most patients is also their main source on income. This means that most people get low back pain as a result of sitting all day at their jobs. This is tough to get around since they have to sit to make money, but I have figured out a great solution that most people can use to strengthen their low back while sitting at work.
*That solution is using a stability disc to sit on at work. This disc keeps you dynamic all day while sitting. Being dynamic allows your low back and abdominal muscles to strengthen while sitting! This disc can be purchased at Dick's Sporting Goods. There's a link below to the Dick's Sporting Goods web page that's specifically pointing to that product. Any questions... Let me know!
Yours in Health,
Dr. Jeff
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I don't get this."This is tough to get around since they have to sit to make money, but I have figured out a great solution that most people can use to strengthen their low back while sitting at work." Could you please enlighten me on this? I keep following all your posts hope you can regularly post more. I get very useful information here. Thanks for having this.
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Hi Tommy,
DeleteI meant that it is difficult to avoid the sitting that most of my patients have to do each day, because their career usually requires that they are sitting at a computer each day. So sitting on the disc that I spoke about allows them to be dynamic and strengthen their low back while sitting. This happens because the disc provides an unstable surface in which the low back/abdominal muscles have to contract to keep them stable and sitting up.
Hope this helps... And thank-you very much for following my Blog!
Dr. Jeff