With the acceleration of the pace of life and the increase of pressure, there are more and more people suffering from waist diseases, such as lumbar disc herniation, lumbar muscle strain, etc., which brings many inconveniences to life and work. Therefore, regardless of whether you suffer from lumbar spine disease, you must protect the lumbar spine in time, which can not only reduce the incidence of lumbar spine diseases, but also alleviate the original lumbar spine diseases.
What details should you pay attention to if you want to protect your lumbar spine?
1, do not sleep too soft bed
If you want to protect your lumbar spine, you can't sleep in a particularly soft bed because of excessive pursuit of comfort and comfort. Particularly soft bed, the damage to the lumbar spine is particularly large, because the lumbar spine can not maintain normal physiological curvature, and this bed can not reduce the pressure on the lumbar spine, it is recommended to choose a soft and moderate bed, can make the lumbar spine maintain normal physiological curvature, the most appropriate.
2. Weight control
Lumbar spine bears the full weight of the upper body, if you want to better protect the lumbar spine, first of all, you must control your weight, if the weight is excessive, the pressure on the waist will increase, over time will make the lumbar spine more likely to have problems, causing adverse effects on the health of the lumbar spine, so usually develop a good habit of chewing slowly, if the amount of food is too large, you can drink a cup of boiled water before eating.
3. Pay attention to the height of the heel
The height of the heel plays a vital role in protecting the lumbar spine, whether the heel is too high or completely flat, it may cause damage to the lumbar spine, because when the foot is not fully supported, the body will maintain a forward leaning state, the pressure on the waist is greater, it is recommended to wear shoes with a heel below 5 cm, if you like to wear flat shoes, you should add a comfortable insole inside the shoe.
4. Maintain the correct posture
Whether it is a bad sitting posture or a bad standing posture, such as standing for a long time or the legs of the erlang will cause damage to the lumbar spine, so if you want to protect the lumbar spine, you must maintain a good posture, whether standing or sitting, you must make the waist straight, after a period of time, not only the lumbar spine can be fully protected, but also the body shape will become more upright.
5. Pay attention to keep warm
If you want to better protect the lumbar spine, you should focus on the protection of the waist, such as when the weather becomes cold, to do a good job of keeping the waist warm, to avoid problems in the waist due to cold and cold, and people who often exercise or have waist injuries, to wear waist protection products.
6. Control the time of movement
Exercise has many benefits to the body, but also can not be excessive, if the exercise time is too long, it may cause damage to the lumbar spine, especially often do more turns when the pressure on the lumbar spine is particularly large, so to make the movement diversified, it is recommended to combine various sports, such as walking for 10 minutes after jogging for 10 minutes.
A message from the family doctor
Want to better protect the lumbar spine, you must start from all aspects of life, first of all, choose a soft and hard moderate bed, followed by control of their weight, in addition to paying attention to the height of the heel and maintaining the correct posture, but also pay attention to the protection of the waist, not only pay attention to keep warm, but also control the time of exercise, multi-pronged to be able to reduce the probability of lumbar spine injury.
The lumbar spine of the elderly is more vulnerable, because the lumbar spine of the elderly will undergo degenerative changes like other organ tissues, so the elderly should pay more attention to the protection of the lumbar spine, and it is recommended not to bend down directly to move things, or crouch on the ground to do housework.
Family doctor online special article, unauthorized reproduction