DOES YOUR BACK HURT (when you stand up)?

I spend a lot of time sitting down in front of my computer.

It used to be that when I finally took a break, the pain would shoot through my lower back when I stood up.

This was a serious problem for me!

I’m not unlike most of the working stiffs who spend their jobs hunched over a keyboard for most of the day.

Is this you?

Do you spend a lot of time sitting down?

Do you have a stiff lower back pain when you stand up?

Back Pain Relief From Sitting Down Too Long

The first step to solving the type of back pain caused by long periods of sitting is to understand where it comes from.

In most cases, the pain is caused by muscular imbalance.

An imbalance can occur anytime you use one set of muscles in your body more than others.

Some muscles are not used enough and become weaker while others are used too much and can become sore, painful, or damaged.

For example, when sitting down for a long time, the muscles that are actively bent to hold your body in a sitting position (hip flexors, hamstrings, back) will get tighter and tighter the longer you sit.

They will contract more and more while your core muscles on the front of your body – your abdominal muscles and pelvic region – remain slack and loose and don’t really help to support yourbody.

This creates an imbalance as your lower back is working much harder than your abdominals.

Back Pain Relief From Muscular Imbalances
Caused By Sitting Too Long

In order to prevent and relieve the pain caused by muscular imbalances, you have to routinely stretch out the muscles that don’t get enough use and which may suffer most from sitting for long periods of time.

This would include the following muscles primarily:

Hip flexors

Hamstrings

Lower back.

The hip flexors and hamstrings are the muscles that suffer the most from excessive sitting because they are near the areas of your body that sit in a bent position while sitting (knees and hips).

Your lower back suffers as well because it supports your entire body and is between the parts of your body being used and those that are not being used.

How To Get Long-Term Back Pain Relief…

Stretching your imbalanced muscles out on a routine basis is going to help a lot with lower back pain caused by excessive sitting.

Yet, you still need to change your lifestyle and daily choices to completely find long term relief.

Make sure you stand up and move around at regular intervals for short periods of time in your work day to break up your sitting periods.

Also, you may find back pain relief by changing the way you hold your legs or propping them up so they aren’t bent the same way all the time.

And of course, regular exercise is a great way to strengthen all muscles in your body so you acheive more balance in full body support and keeping your lower back tight.