The First Warnings Of Looming Back Pain

There are normally early warning signs that backache is about to strike. Common backache is usually caused by straining or bad posture. If you are doing something in the wrong fashion, you will normally feel it. If you persist, you will throw your back out. It is quite rare to actually damage your back in a solitary movement.

One awkward movement can give you days or even weeks of back pain, but long term backache is normally due to you having been doing something in the wrong manner for quite some time and that one stretch, lift or bend that threw your back out was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Jogging is a very well-liked exercise, but jogging and running in general may cause back pain. At first this does not seem to make sense, but the factors are simple.

1] Most individuals do not even walk enough let alone run enough, so our back muscles are not used to it;

2] most joggers run on concrete or tarmac which is hard - there is no give at all and the shock waves are absorbed by our backs

3] you need decent trainers (or, arguably, no footwear at all), if you are going to run much.

(Some people say that running barefoot is better than running in poor footwear, because you will notice sooner when your back has taken enough punishment).

I once had weeks of backache after doing my tax returns. Although I sit at a desk every day in my office, I decided to do my tax returns lazing on the couch on a Sunday afternoon while watching TV.

After an hour or two, I had a spasm but thought nothing of it. After six hours, I had completed my returns and I could feel a slight problem in my back. The next day I could hardly walk. I had hurt a muscle that I hardly ever used with poor posture.

If you feel any of the harbinger twinges in your back that are tell-tale signs that you are doing something wrong, stop and attempt to analyze what you are doing. Is it an action that you hardly ever perform or is it one that you have been doing slightly badly for years? The latter is worse than the former and could lead to long term backache.

If you believe that some task at work is resulting in the problem, you ought to mention it to a manager and strive to havet it put in the Accident Book.

Once you get home, lie on the floor in the foetal position and curl up tight for an hour. This may ease the pain away, if it is just a mild strain and will probably give temporary relief if the ache is from a more serious cause.

Always try to nip the cause of back pain in the bud as soon as your body warns you that there is a difficulty, because if you disregard it, you could easily be in for more serious issues down the line.

Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on a number of subjects, but is now involved with pain patches for back pain. If you would like to know more, please go to our web site at Sore Back Remedies