NEWSLETTER
How Posture Affects BACK AND NECK PAIN
• Thepain inyourback isworsenedatcertaintimesofday. Forexample,after you’ve spent a day at the office, or after a few hours on the couch. • Thepain frequentlystarts inyourneckandmoves intoyourupperand lower back. Pain that seems to travel from one area of the back to another is frequently an indication of posture concerns. • Thepainwillsubsideafterswitchingpositions,suchasswitchingfromsitting to standing or vice versa. • Backorneckpain thatdevelopssoonafterachange incircumstances,such as starting a new job with a new desk chair, or getting a new car. After years of practicing poor posture, your back, shoulder and neck muscles will likely find standing or sitting with straight posture to be uncomfortable. This is becauseyourmuscleshavegrownaccustomed to theslouching,andstandingup straight will require some thorough stretching. That doesn’t mean that once you have bad posture you can never correct it.
Rememberbackwhenyourmotherusedtotellyouthat ifyouwouldn’tstophunching your shoulders, they’d be stuck that way forever? An idle threat, one that barely anyone took seriously. Yet, fast forward a few decades and it turns out that mom might have been on to something, after all. Apoorhabitofbadposturecanhavea lasting impactonyourneckandback.The worse your posture is, the more intense your back and neck pain can become. Unfortunately, once you start experiencing neck and back pain, simply squaring your shoulders isn’t likely to be much help. Working with a physical therapist can help you to train the muscles in your back, neck and shoulders so that you can improve your posture permanently, and in doing so bring relief to your chronic neck and back pain. THE POSTURE & PAIN CONNECTION Not all back pain is caused by poor posture, and it is true that you can have poor posture for years without feeling the consequences of that slouch right away, but in time thehabit is likely tocatchupwithyou.Therearecertainways thatyoucan tell if neck or back pain may be a result of poor posture, including:
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