SGBP Final 4

Mechanical causes of back pain We come back to the same question that we asked in the previous chapter – why do we humans alone ...

Sitting puts almost twice the pressure on intervertebral discs as standing We have only ourselves to blame, since the most commo ...

Proper posture while sitting Besides lower back pain, neck pain is common when good posture is not maintained while sitting. Mak ...

Hamstring Muscle Shortening When we sit down, the hamstrings are pulled and maintained in that position for as long as we are si ...

Correct sitting posture for reading or writing The arms should hang at your sides. If your computer keyboard is too high or too ...

Office chair sitting thus has major back pain related consequences:  Tight hamstrings  Iliopsoas strain  Erector Spinae muscl ...

Physiological causes As mentioned earlier in the first chapter, women tend to suffer more from back pain than men. Physiological ...

Women suffer from back pain as part of their everyday lives Caring for babies and young children – breast feeding, bathing, pic ...

At the workplace: The kind of jobs women do in the workplace also contributes a great deal to the increased incidence of back pa ...

Lying on back with knees bent – pillow under knees for support: Lying on the back with straight legs can cause low back pain. If ...

Forward bending and twisting is the most common initiator of low back pain Pathological causes of back pain Sources of pain Pain ...

Acid leaks from the herniated nucleus pulposus causing nerve irritation Activity, stress or a mechanical problem in the spine ca ...

Facet joints The facet joints are probably the primary sites of pain in 10-15% of patients with pathological low back pain. Face ...

Neck support The pillow supports the neck by filling the space between the head and shoulders. The pillow should not force your ...

Sacroiliac joint The sacroiliac joint is the junction where the sacrum meets and joins with the large fan- like pelvic bone at t ...

Summary of mechanical and pathological causes of back pain Almost all cases of back pain fall into two broad groups: This group ...

Common disorders of the spine causing back pain Conditions causing back pain Spinal osteoarthritis – also called spondylosis Sp ...

comfort as the cushioning materials and/or foam or innerspring core gradually compress and lose their ability to recover height. ...

in black Africans and Chinese and most common amongst Caucasians. Women over 55 years are more commonly affected than men. Predi ...

of the body that is subject to the most mechanical stress. The neck is also a common area for osteoarthritis (also called cervic ...