08/18/2025
🚗💺 Had a road trip that was supposed to be relaxing but your back feels like it hit every pothole along the way?
Here are some travel tips for you!
🔹 Utilizing a lumbar support can make you trip much more tolerable.
When we are standing upright, the weight of gravity is distributed evenly throughout the spine and into your feet; however, when seated, that weight of gravity compresses on your lower back- exacerbating pre-existing lower back troubles.
A lumbar support maintains the normal forward curvature (lordosis) in the lumbar spine, which relaxes the lower back muscles = more relief.
🔸 Periodically stop during your road trips (roughly once every 1-1.5 hours) to get out of the vehicle and move.
This could be something as simple as bending over to touch your toes, bending side to side, walking laps around the vehicle, or making a restroom stop. This break can be just a couple minutes at most. Your back will thank you for getting up, getting your joints moving, and disspiating the pressure built up on the lower back.
Hope this helps and, as always, if you are in need of treatment, give us a call!
(606)-886-3737
