If you are experiencing back pain, you are not alone. In fact, at one time or another, back pain will affect over 80% of the population. It’s no wonder then that back pain is the #1 cause of disability in the world today. It can affect anyone: young, elderly and middle-aged populations. We see back pain in all kinds of people; fit individuals, sedentary individuals, overweight and thin people. Tall and short people too.
Many back problems can stem from movement – how we move, or the lack of movement, and how we maintain our posture and alignment while we move. By the time we are into our early school years, we learn our ABC’s, but we also fall into poor sitting posture. This can stress and degenerate our spinal discs, tighten our hips and throw our head and neck forward, out of alignment with the rest of the body.
This causes movement problems. We start to move our bodies in compromised ways that lead to premature wear and tear, eventually leading to back pain. Exercising with these compromised movements that have been learned over time may be making matters worse, further aggravating back pain.
The good news is that you can unlearn those damaging postures and movements and learn healthy movement practices and improve your body’s comfort level. If you want to learn more about how to actually bulletproof your back and understand the “hows” and “whys” of back and neck pain, read about our BackSmart Program here.
