| If you are encountering regular or reoccurring back | | | | evaluate the chair you are using and see if you can |
| pain, one of the best places to start making changes is | | | | adjust it to provide proper lumbar support. Depending |
| with the lumbar support of your office chair. This is one | | | | on your height, the lumbar support may be just right |
| of the major adjustments that will an overall effect on | | | | and fill into your lower back. However, many people |
| the entire body. By properly supporting your lower | | | | find that the lumbar support on their chair falls too low |
| back, you will avoid a whole host of health and pain | | | | or too high, and may not be able to be adjusted |
| issues. | | | | enough to fill the gap. |
| When we are sitting without proper back support, we | | | | Probably the least expensive and most convenient |
| have up to 3 times more strain on the lower back then | | | | method is to use portable lumbar support. These are |
| we do when we are standing. The human body was | | | | speciality cushions or rolls that you can position behind |
| not originally designed to sit for the long periods of time | | | | you on your chair so they will provide that much |
| that modern humans tend to, and in addition to lower | | | | needed lower back support. They come in a variety of |
| back pain, inadequate support also puts stress on the | | | | material, and some are even inflatable so you can get |
| joints and surrounding tissues. Many people try to | | | | exactly the level of support you need. The other great |
| compensate by shifting more of their weight forward | | | | thing about portable lumbar supports is that once you |
| while sitting, but this can create additional pain, and may | | | | find one that works for you, you can take it anywhere. |
| also trigger sciatica. | | | | You could use it while driving in the car, or at your |
| Because the lower part of our spine has a natural | | | | home office as well. |
| curve inward, toward the stomach, the space | | | | Next time you are shopping for an office chair, make |
| between the seat and our lumbar spine curve needs | | | | sure lumbar support is an essential element of the |
| to be supported. If there is no support, the surrounding | | | | chair design. This one corrective will go a long way to |
| muscles try to compensate, and the upper back and | | | | easing any lower back pain, and will also help alleviate |
| the head lean forward, causing us to slouch forward in | | | | any secondary pain in your neck or legs. Proper |
| the chair. Slumping and slouching is the first stop on the | | | | lumbar support office chairs are an integral part of any |
| road to muscle pain and fatigue. | | | | office environment. |
| In order to alleviate this pain, the first step is to | | | | |