How to Prevent Back Pain

If you don’t yet suffer from back pain or have recently recovered from it, understanding how to prevent lower back pain is extremely important. There are many things that people can do and ways that they can make behavioral modifications to prevent lower back pain from becoming a problem.

Exercise is a Highly Effective Form of Back Pain Prevention.   Many things have been identified as contributors to back pain.  While there is nothing you can do about your age or heredity, you can improve your fitness level.  Lack of fitness and exercise has been closely linked to a person’s chances of experiencing back pain.  It is hypothesized that when back and abdominal muscles aren’t strong, they can’t properly support the spine. This is why exercise is suggested as one of the top ways of preventing lower back pain.

Other ways of preventing back pain include:

• Quitting smoking
• Practice good posture
• Maintaining a healthy diet
• Getting an adequate amount of sleep
• Using back braces when lifting heavy objects
• Seeking medical assistance for other illnesses and diseases

Back pain prevention is all about keeping your entire body in the best shape possible. Understand how to properly move your body, practice healthy habits like daily decompression sessions using the Bakarak, and make your overall health a top priority.