Spring Spine Care

  At the beginning of spring, when it is still warm and cold, care should be taken to keep warm and avoid catching a cold that could trigger spinal disorders.  Winter and spring are high seasons for spinal disorders, and this year’s continued cold weather has exacerbated the onset of this disease. From the treatment target, young and middle-aged people have become the “main force”, including many white-collar workers who suffer from cervical spine disease due to overwork. Young and middle-aged white-collar workers are currently a high incidence of cervical spine disease due to the high intensity of mental labor and little exercise. In addition, the accumulation of long-term fatigue and encounter sleeping position, improper sports posture, or cold and other factors will be more likely to attack. From this year, the temperature continues to be low, before and after the Qingming season and the temperature difference between morning and evening, the temperature is unstable time, so we recommend that: cotton clothing off later, the neck, waist, knees and other key parts of the warmth, and appropriate gradually increase exercise. The strength of the spring exercise should be slightly sweaty, can be appropriate to outdoor activities, so that the body hidden in the winter more exposure to fresh air and warm sunlight to promote the body’s metabolism, improve the absorption of calcium. 35-year-old women can also eat more beef tendons, ribs soup and other calcium and collagen-rich food, for their bodies to store more calcium.  The spine is the pillar of the body, located in the middle of the back, the upper end connects to the skull and down to the tip of the tailbone.  Develop good habits and pay attention to the basic posture of your body when working in general.  Standing: The spine bears all our weight, so the standing posture is very important, and the normal spine has a certain curvature, maintain and maintain the normal curvature can reduce the pressure on the spine, so it can reduce back pain, when we need to stand for a long time can take turns to put a foot on the height of about 20 to 30 centimeters on the footstool, so you can reduce the pressure on the back. Poor standing posture, especially spinal malformations, such as chest and shoulders, chin protrusion and standing leaning left and right, can lead to the occurrence or recurrence of lumbar disc herniation. The correct standing posture is eyes level, jaw slightly inward, chest up, waist and back straight, calves slightly closed, legs upright, the distance between the two feet and the width of the shoulders equal. When bending over to carry heavy things, it is best to squat first, so that the body’s center of gravity sinks, cautious force, to protect their waist.  Sitting: young white-collar daily work, almost spend most of the time sitting in a chair, so sitting is very important, sitting when the back must have the support of the back of the chair, the best chair back can be slightly prominent curvature to support the back. In addition, the height of the knees can be slightly higher than the position of the hips, so you can also reduce the pressure on the spine. A posture to maintain not more than an hour should be slightly active body, but also help the health of the back.  Strengthen the exercise, prevention is better than cure! I wish you good health.