Why does sitting for a long time cause back pain?
The waist is an important part that supports our body. As long as there is pain in the lower back, the whole body is uncomfortable. However, because office workers need to sit for a long time due to work, the waist has already been severely strained, and even seriously affected people's normal life and work. In order to prevent the situation from getting worse, correcting bad sitting posture and improving methods are the top priority. Let's follow KZchair to learn how to improve and prevent back pain and give us a healthy body.
Why does sitting for a long time cause back pain？
- Sitting for a long time will lead to continuous tension in the waist muscles. Compressed blood vessels in the muscles will cause insufficient blood supply, which will cause increased anaerobic metabolism. Acidic products will stimulate the nerves and cause local pain in the waist.
- Different postures have different pressures on the lumbar spine, which are 100% standing, 25% lying flat, 50% lying sideways, 140% sitting, and 275% wrong sitting. Sitting for a long time will cause excessive load on the lumbar intervertebral disc, which will cause reflex Low back pain symptoms.
The most common thing for sedentary office workers is lumbar disc herniation, the fibrous ring of the intervertebral disc ruptures, and the nucleus pulposus tissue protrudes from the rupture to the rear, causing the adjacent spinal nerve roots to be stimulated or compressed, resulting in low back pain.
How to reduce the damage to the waist caused by sitting for a long time?
1.Do relaxation exercises
- Cross your hands and stretch your arms forward for 10-15 seconds.
- Cross your hands, straighten your arms upwards, and hold for 10-15 seconds.
- Stand with your legs apart, bend one arm behind your head at shoulder width, hold the elbow of the bent arm with the other hand and pull it gently to one side, lean your upper body to the same side, do the same in the opposite direction, and keep 10-15 seconds.
2. Own an ergonomic office chair
The chair should give enough support to the waist to keep the lumbar spine in a normal state slightly forward. Use soft sponge or breathable mesh or a mixture of sponge and mesh to make the cushion, and reasonably design the elasticity of different areas of the cushion. Improve the sitting experience and reduce the possibility of "occupational diseases" such as lumbar disc herniation.
3. Alternate standing and sitting
Avoid sitting for a long time in the office, you can try standing and sitting alternately in the office to relieve fatigue. Standing after using an electric standing lift table can make a significant improvement in posture, especially when your neck and shoulders are less prone to leaning forward when you are standing than when you are sitting. Standing work can also maintain higher work efficiency and stronger work output.
We all know the dangers of sitting for a long time. It is difficult to maintain a good sitting posture to reduce the damage caused by sitting for a long time. The combination of ergonomic office chairs and electric standing lift tables can greatly improve our physical health. . Usually doing moderate relaxation exercises and looking into the distance is a good way to effectively prevent muscle stiffness and improve low back pain.