(ThyBlackMan.com) Are you in agony due to a previous lower back injury? If so, you are not alone. Hospitals, medical clinics, and private medical practices report hundreds of thousands of back pain diagnoses each year in the United States. While some of these reports involve non-work-related injuries, the major are workplace-related. Injured employees are at the mercy of their employers when they are injured in the workplace. Fortunately, most American employees are required to carry worker’s compensation, an insurance policy that covers work-related injuries.
While you are receiving treatment for your lower back pain, you are forced to make lifestyle changes. One specific change that comes to mind is related to body positioning. Your physical therapist will work with you to demonstrate ways to perform specific body movements without flaring up your lower back injury. In the meantime, there are a few things you can do to improve your situation as well.
How To Improve Ergonomics?
Ergonomics is a term utilized to describe a study of workers’ efficiency while at work. Even though the term is related to the workplace, people can take advantage of the practice to improve their home life as well. For example, ergonomics can help you perform your daily house duties without getting injured or exacerbating a previous injury.
Ergonomics does not always apply to body movement, it also applies to body positioning. In other words, you can apply ergonomics to how you sit in a chair and lay in a bed. If you are suffering lower back pain at work, it is likely you are having the same symptoms at home.
Less Stress On Spine
The sitting position puts a lot of strain on the base of the spine “coccyx.” When sitting incorrectly, increased pressure is being placed on the coccyx, resulting in back, neck, and head pain. If you are accustomed to sitting for hours on end, you are probably accustomed to the aforementioned symptoms. Office workers regularly report headaches, neck strain, and lower back pain, which is most often related to their poor positioning.
An ergonomic chair is a solution you have been longing for. An ergonomically friendly chair will go a long way in improving your body positioning while sitting. Over time, you will see a major improvement in your productivity, energy levels, focus, and overall performance. Your lower back pain will also be drastically improved.
The ergonomically-friendly chair is not limited to the workplace. You can also utilize it in your home setting. If you work at a desk, you probably spend a lot of time behind a desk during your downtime.
Better Mood
Over the last few months has your family been complaining about your attitude? People who suffer from lower back pain tend to take it out on those they love. This is very unfortunate, but a fact of life. The key to improved mood is nothing less than ergonomically designed furniture. Yes, ergonomically designed furniture, such as a chair, desk, sofa, kitchen table and chairs, and bed. No longer will you suffer in pain because of poor positioning.
Staff Writer; Carl Royster