BEST BACK CARE TIPS

It is very important that you take care of your back from the moment you wake up and even after you sleep.Every small effort counts when the health of your back comes into picture.You just have to be conscious of your activities that you do through out the day.

Here are some helpful tips for the activities that are very common in your daily life.I follow these tips to live a happy life with AS

  

1. Exercise regularly. Do not be lazy at this.You must take out time daily for exercise and best time for it is morning hours.You must wake up early according to your schedule and do basic exercises that will help you lead a normal day.

2.Walking and swimming are all excellent ways to strengthen your back muscles.These are low-impact exercises that slowly ends up the stiffness and warms up the body. Swimming greatly strengthens your back muscles.

3. Always bend your knees and your hips, not your back.

4. Never twist and bend your back simultaneously.

5. Always lift and carry objects close to your body. It reduces stress on backbone.

6. Maintain a good posture. Avoid slumping in your chair whenever you sit. It is very important because most of the time we spend sitting on chair.

7. Use a chair with a backrest. Sit with your feet flat on the floor or on a footrest. Change your sitting position regularly.Do a little leg and hand stretching after few hours.

8. Quit smoking. I read somewhere that smoking reduces the blood supply to the discs between the vertebraes.This may lead to degeneration of discs.As i experienced smoking reduces chest expansion.

9.  Lose your excess weight.

  

10. Choose a suitable mattress according to your height, weight, age and sleeping position.Try to use little hard mattress for sleeping.Do not sleep facing your stomach.

11. Do not overload your backpack while you travel.