05/05/2022
Education on Good Posture (Ergonomically) Must be emphasized more when we’re handling back pains.
What is posture?
Posture can be defined as the nature of your body in sitting, lying, or standing. It can be defined also as the nature of your body parts in erect of low lying positions. i.e, whether standing or sitting.
A good posture can be defined as a position where all the body parts are in the right position, just as they are supposed to be anatomically.
It is a position when no stress is put on the part whether in a static position or in a dynamic state, or whether sitting or lying, standing or running, or walking. The normal structure of that specific part of the body does not deviates or change.
A bad posture occurs when the normal structure of a specific body part changes and the part is put under tension or stress, most likely to cause awkward changes that can be debilitating to the individual.
Bad posture is one of the main cause of low back pain, which is on the rise day in day out. It makes our spine changes from its natural structure to a more stressful position.
Mostly, many people assume bad postures in sitting, standing, lying, and even lifting.
If we assume bad postures in any of these positions, the resultant effect will be pain, and the part to exhibit this symptom will be the part where most of the stress is focused more in the course of the assumption of that bad postures.
Bad posture may account for strains, sprains, spinal deformities such as scoliosis, lordosis, Kyphosis, sway back, flat back and more. It can also speed up
the rate at which intervertebral disc degenerates.
All these changes can remain the main cause of musculoskeletal pains, which low back pain is not exceptional. It gives us an idea on why there is the need to screen patient to know how best they know about posture as part of your management of spinal pains.
Below are images showing good and bad postures in different positions and activities.