How to maintain the spine

The spine is an important organ to support the human body, and the health of many organs in the body is closely related to the spine. The spine includes cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae and sacrum. How to maintain our "spine" in daily life?

Steps/methods

Don't sit at your desk for a long time-protect your cervical spine. For students and copywriters, burying their heads in writing basically takes up most of the time. Over time, keeping your head down for a long time will easily lead to excessive bending of the cervical spine and neck muscle strain. Therefore, when you work or study for a period of time, you should turn your neck from time to time, tilt your head back for a while, and massage the tense muscles with your hands.

Don't sit for a long time-protect the lumbar and sacral vertebrae. For example, taxi drivers have been sitting in the cab for many years. This special nature of work determines that they sit longer than they stand, and also determines that their risk of lumbar disc herniation is relatively high. Similarly, there are clerks and other people who "sit" in their jobs. Because when people are sitting, the weight of the body is borne by the lumbar vertebrae and the sacral vertebrae, of course, the lumbar vertebrae are the main ones. Under the pressure for a long time, the lumbar intervertebral disc has been squeezed, deformed and strained to a certain extent, and slowly began to have backache, leg pain, backache and even numbness in the feet. Therefore, it is necessary to combine sitting work with standing activities. Sitting for about 45 minutes can get up and exercise, and you can do stretching exercises. The driver master should also know how to relax his stiff waist.

Don't cross your legs-protect the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae. Some people habitually cross their legs as soon as they sit down, which makes them feel casual and comfortable. In fact, it is not only unsightly, but also very harmful to the body. When crossing one's legs, one's physiological curvature will change. If your feet are flat on the ground, then from the back, people's left and right bodies are almost at the same height, that is, in a horizontal state; On the contrary, if you cross your legs, then from the back, it must be high on one side and low on the other. In this case, it is almost impossible to keep your upper body chest out and abdomen in, mostly holding your chest out and curling into a shrimp. In this way, the stress on the thoracolumbar spine is unbalanced, which is prone to displacement and deviation, and may also compress the spinal nerve. Crossing your legs is not a good habit, but if you can't get rid of it for a while, Xiaoqi suggests changing your sitting posture every 10 minutes and often standing up and walking around.

Don't sleep on a soft bed-protect your spine. Many people think Simmons is soft and comfortable to sleep. Xiaoqi likes sleeping on a hard bed. Occasionally, when I live in a relative's house, I sleep several times, and the whole body aches the next day. In fact, the reason is very simple. When sleeping on a hard bed, because the supporting force given by the supporting surface is large enough, the human body can relax and tense muscles and spine during the day. If Simmons sleeps, the muscles that don't touch the bed board will relax, but Simmons, who is as weak as water, can't bear the pressure and can only rely on the muscles and spine below to support it independently. So why not increase the burden on the spine? Sleeping Simmons for a long time can also lead to changes in physiological curvature.

Don't use waist strength often-protect the lumbar spine. Hard-working mothers are busy doing all kinds of housework at home every day, especially sweeping the floor, mopping the floor and washing clothes, which consumes the most waist strength. If you are not careful, you will easily flash your waist, resulting in muscle strain and lumbar disc herniation. As a child, if you really don't have time to share housework, you must find ways to make your mother less hard. For example, tie a pole to the handle of a broom, so that mothers can reach it without bending too much when sweeping the floor, especially under the bed. Another example is to install a laundry table at home, so that mothers can wash clothes against the edge of the table, so that their bodies can have a support point to rely on.