Comments on: Slouching Back is Good For Your Back – Do Not Sit Up Straight! http://www.motleyhealth.com/news/slouching-back-is-good-for-your-back-do Mon, 21 May 2012 15:07:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: MotleyHealth http://www.motleyhealth.com/news/slouching-back-is-good-for-your-back-do#comment-117946 MotleyHealth Thu, 10 May 2012 16:49:08 +0000 http://www.motleyhealth.com/blog/2008/05/slouching-back-is-good-for-your-back-do-not-sit-up-straight.html#comment-117946 Hi Ryan, I guess the main question is, which is worse to suffer, back or neck pain? Office work is part of our society now and few companies will provide people the opportunity to get up every 20 minutes to loosen up a little. Do you have any references for the studies on the neck problems caused by slouching? Hi Ryan, I guess the main question is, which is worse to suffer, back or neck pain? Office work is part of our society now and few companies will provide people the opportunity to get up every 20 minutes to loosen up a little. Do you have any references for the studies on the neck problems caused by slouching?

]]> By: Ryan http://www.motleyhealth.com/news/slouching-back-is-good-for-your-back-do#comment-117943 Ryan Thu, 10 May 2012 16:26:26 +0000 http://www.motleyhealth.com/blog/2008/05/slouching-back-is-good-for-your-back-do-not-sit-up-straight.html#comment-117943 This may take pressure off the disk in the back but it loads the disk in the neck. It also creates major stress of the muscles of the neck that are not meant to be used to hold your head up (SCM). This will lead to disfunction of the neck and shoulder muscles over time. This increases your chances for headaches and neck spasms in the short term and arthritis in the long term. The only solution to preventing back pain AND neck pain is to get up every 20 minutes. Longer than 20 minutes in one position causes something called crepitus to occur in your ligaments. This is a permanent stretch to the ligament leading to greater instability around the spine. Instability leads to many problems. Getting up and changing positions every 20 minutes will not only prevent crepitus but also help greatly with your cardiovascular system. A recent study found that people who sit for 8 hours during their careers had an average life span several years shorter...regardless of how much physical exercise they did!! This may take pressure off the disk in the back but it loads the disk in the neck. It also creates major stress of the muscles of the neck that are not meant to be used to hold your head up (SCM). This will lead to disfunction of the neck and shoulder muscles over time. This increases your chances for headaches and neck spasms in the short term and arthritis in the long term.

The only solution to preventing back pain AND neck pain is to get up every 20 minutes. Longer than 20 minutes in one position causes something called crepitus to occur in your ligaments. This is a permanent stretch to the ligament leading to greater instability around the spine. Instability leads to many problems.

Getting up and changing positions every 20 minutes will not only prevent crepitus but also help greatly with your cardiovascular system. A recent study found that people who sit for 8 hours during their careers had an average life span several years shorter…regardless of how much physical exercise they did!!

]]> By: MotleyHealth http://www.motleyhealth.com/news/slouching-back-is-good-for-your-back-do#comment-117882 MotleyHealth Sun, 06 May 2012 19:27:41 +0000 http://www.motleyhealth.com/blog/2008/05/slouching-back-is-good-for-your-back-do-not-sit-up-straight.html#comment-117882 Yep, same here. I always have my feet up too. Putting your feet up takes the pressure off the back of your legs and this helps maintain good circulation. Yep, same here. I always have my feet up too. Putting your feet up takes the pressure off the back of your legs and this helps maintain good circulation.

]]> By: Marie http://www.motleyhealth.com/news/slouching-back-is-good-for-your-back-do#comment-117880 Marie Sun, 06 May 2012 19:13:35 +0000 http://www.motleyhealth.com/blog/2008/05/slouching-back-is-good-for-your-back-do-not-sit-up-straight.html#comment-117880 AHA! I have always thought that! If I sit up straight for too long I get back pain. I find I need to sit back...and also have my feet up in order to be comfortable. AHA! I have always thought that! If I sit up straight for too long I get back pain. I find I need to sit back…and also have my feet up in order to be comfortable.

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