One action you often do may cause 4 kinds of spinal 'diseases'! Orthopedics teach you prevention

How common is spine disease today? Dr. Kim has seen too many people who have had significant neck and low back pain in their twenties and thirties. When they come to the hospital for examination, they are often diagnosed with muscle strain, myofasciitis, cervical spondylosis, and lumbar disc herniation.

The emergence of spinal diseases does not happen overnight, it is mostly a degenerative disease associated with long-term poor posture, which has a slow accumulation process, as many people often do

**## The "bend down" action is an important reason.

**## Everyone must have heard the story of Zhou Lang's clever plan to make the world safe, and the story of losing his wife and losing his army. Many people do not see the potential risks of spinal diseases, they wantonly damage the health of the spine, and as a result they suffer from spinal diseases unknowingly. relationship, and by the way, it also damaged the functions of other organs, which is really a loss of soldiers.

So what other organ functions can spinal diseases affect?

The first is vision. Bending down, hunchback, and bowing your head for a long time makes the distance of vision shorter and shorter, which leads to myopia.

Then there is the cardiopulmonary function. Humpback and chest will affect the lung capacity. Severe scoliosis will affect the cardiopulmonary function to the extent that surgery is necessary. Cervical spondylosis will also interfere with the cardiopulmonary control center and thus affect the cardiopulmonary function. Then there is the appearance and temperament. People who bow their heads, hump their backs, and bend their waists have nothing to do with the positive energy temperament such as vigorous sunshine and uprightness.

There is also mental health. Long-term bowing, hunchback, neck pain, and low back pain are significantly correlated with depression and anxiety.

There are some others that are not listed one by one. The human body is an organism in which various organs are interconnected. When the health of the spine is lost, the functions of many other organs will be affected.

**## Many of our poor posture habits tend to affect soft tissues first, with muscles and the tendons that attach to bones being the most vulnerable. The spine is very muscular, and we've all eaten pork rib bones that have plenty of muscle attached to the bone.

The same is true for us, a large number of muscles are attached to the spinal bones, which play the role of moving the spine and maintaining the stability of the spine. Under the posture of bowing, hunchback, and bending over, the muscles at the back of the spine are stretched for a long time, which will gradually cause damage, pain, and even degeneration and loss of function.

In addition, in this position, these muscles need to use a lot of force to pull the spine that is about to fall down, and prolonged muscle tension can also lead to strain on these muscles, resulting in chronic pain symptoms. It should be emphasized here that muscle damage to a certain extent will lead to muscle degeneration and become incapable of contracting fiber strands, and loss of function cannot be recovered.

On the contrary, under the correct posture, that is, the ideal spine posture, these muscles maintain a relatively normal length, which is not easy to be strained, and the spine is in a relatively balanced state. The muscles in the front of the spine and the muscles in the back are alternately slightly The contraction can maintain the balance of the spine, so it is not easy to strain.

Therefore, for the health of the spinal muscles, please maintain a correct and ideal spine posture.

Many of our bad posture habits often affect soft tissues first. In addition to muscles, they also include fascia, joint capsules, and ligament tissues. Although these tissues are not like muscles that can contract and relax to produce movement, they are very tough and maintain Stability of the spine.

In the posture of bowing down and bending over, the muscles need a lot of strength to pull the spine that is about to fall, but after a period of time the muscles will fatigue, and then the spine will continue to bend, and then it is necessary to rely on the fascia and joints. Capsules, ligaments, skeletal joints and other tissues passively stabilize the spine.

At this time, because the muscles are no longer exerted, we will feel more relaxed, but the fascia and other tissues will be stretched for a long time, which will lead to damaging inflammation and pain. This kind of myofasciitis is sometimes significantly related to weather, temperature, and humidity. Therefore, you should also be careful not to catch cold and prevent the air conditioner from blowing directly.

In a correct posture, these fascias maintain a relatively normal length, will not bear obvious pulling force, and are not easily damaged. Therefore, for the health of the spinal fascia and other tissues, please maintain a correct and ideal spine posture.

The intervertebral disc is the joint structure of the spine, which has the function of support and movement. When the head is lowered or bent, the front of the intervertebral disc will be narrowed and the back will be widened, resulting in the movement of the spine forward flexion.

Bending your head down for a long time will increase the stress behind the intervertebral disc, and the stress is unevenly distributed in the intervertebral disc. Over time, the intervertebral disc is prone to degeneration and damage, and it protrudes to the back, resulting in intervertebral disc herniation.

There are two facet joints behind every two vertebrae. After the degeneration of the intervertebral disc, the intervertebral space will be narrowed, and the two facet joints behind the spine will be squeezed together. The distribution of stress in the joints will appear abnormal, gradually The facet joints will be damaged, degeneration and hyperplasia.

The most beneficial spine posture for spine health mainly has the following elements.

*** Friends can refer to the demonstration in the picture above and try to maintain a similar posture in life to better protect our spine and prevent spinal diseases.**

First of all, in this posture, the stress should be evenly distributed in each joint structure in the spine, and it is rare that the stress is excessively concentrated in a certain position of the spine joint. For normal people, the cervical and lumbar spine maintain normal physiological Convex and thoracic spine maintain normal kyphosis, which is a posture with the most uniform stress distribution.

This stance should then be the one with the most balanced muscle strength, as the aforementioned stance is, where the muscles around the spine alternately use less force to maintain. However, the posture of bowing down and bending over requires the muscles at the back of the spine to maintain a strong contraction for a long time to maintain it, otherwise the force will be concentrated on the bones, joints, ligaments, and fascia. (↓↓↓ wrong posture)

Furthermore, this posture should be the posture in which the spine can perform most of the movements most quickly. Under the aforementioned posture, the spine can perform forward flexion, back extension, left bending, right bending, and rotation most quickly. , and in the posture of bowing your head and bending over, the spine will be slower to stretch.

Finally, this posture should be a position where the soft tissue around the spine is at a physiological length, not a stretched position. The aforementioned posture satisfies this, while in a bent posture, the lumbar back fascia, supraspinous ligament, posterior spinal muscles, etc. is drawn.

Therefore, we say that the ideal posture of the spine is that the spine is straight when viewed from the front, and the spine is straight when viewed from the side, and the earlobes and the ischium are in a vertical line.

The essentials of the movement are: head and neck upright, chin slightly retracted, shoulders slightly back, chest raised, look forward, belly slightly retracted, and back straight.

As long as everyone is willing to adhere to the above-mentioned "posture training" in their daily work and life, Dr. Kim believes that we will definitely get many health benefits from it. Even when you are old, you can still have a tall and straight posture and live a better quality of life.******