2 Key Strategies to Help Lessen Your Low Back Pain (and Spare Your Spine From Further Damage)

Low back pain is a prevalent problem that affects 80% of the population, and the third most common reason for doctor visits.  The rate of low back pain is so high, that WebMD claims that “low back pain is a universal human experience—almost everyone has it at some point.” 

For being such a universal experience, however, it’s strange that most of us can’t attribute a specific injury leading to the onset of low back pain.  That is, many low back pain sufferers cannot recall having any direct trauma to the spine.

This may be why low back pain is generally regarded as a problem of “wear and tear”, with repetitive bending and prolonged sitting commonly cited as the major contributing factors to this problem.

But as sitting and forward bending are an integral part of everyday living that we simply cannot avoid, what are we to do?

Exactly what is it about these activities contributes to low back pain?  And are there strategies to support the low back when performing these activities?

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