Preventing low back pain from returning

Once the back pain occurs, it has a tendency to reoccur again and again. So, proper care should be done to avoid the reoccurrence of the back pain. The most important measures which should be taken to avoid the returning of low back pain are:

1.     While sitting, walking or standing one should always be aware about the posture as a wrong posture even for a small period of time may lead to the back pain. Our body is an interrelated machine and a wrong posture of a single part may lead to problems in other portions also e.g. if while sitting our waist is not in the correct position, pain in whole back and even in legs can occur. While sitting or standing the body should be straight with shoulder back. The chair which is used for sitting should have proper back support and the session of sitting should be in breaks to avoid stress on the back.

2.     Regular exercise should always be done to avoid the loss of movement of back. The exercise should include stretching compulsorily and before every exercise session proper warm up round should be there to prevent any kind of injuries.

3.     The choice of footwear should be done after keeping in mind the points like support and height of heels. The footwear should always have proper support and moderate height of heel. But that doesn’t mean that the heel should not be there because wearing full flat footwear can also lead to back pain problems.

4.     Sleeping on back may also cause problems so as far as possible the patient should sleep on side on a medium thickened mattress as it will provide the maximum comfort.

5.     Lifting of heavy things should be avoided. While lifting any thing knees should be bent and back should always be straight and the object should be close to belly. Lifting and twisting of the object at the same time should strictly be avoided.

6.     The body weight should be in control as increment in body weight specially deposition of fat near the waist increases the stress on back which may lead to reoccurrence of back pain.

7.     Smoking is too much injurious to the patients suffering from low back pain as it decreases the blood flow rate and hence increasing the time of healing.