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Hints for healthy backs - sleeping
Hints for healthy backs - sleeping

Sleeping
Sleep on a firm or very firm mattress; a 3/4 inch plywood bed board is helpful and should be used with all but a very firm orthopedic mattress. Get out of the habit of sleeping on your stomach. If you sleep on your side, keep your knees and hips bent when sleeping on your side. With acute back pain, sleep with a pillow or blanket rolled under the head


Sitting

Hints for healthy backs - sitting
Correct posture for sitting
Generally speaking, it is better to pick a hard-backed chair over a soft chair. When you sit in a hard-back chair with spine pushed back; try to eliminate the hollow in the lower back. If possible, elevate the knees higher than hips while sitting in an automobile. At work, adjust your chair to give yourself the most support, don't adjust yourself to the chair. Sit all the way back in the chair with back erect so that it supports your spine.

Lifting
Bend your knees; squat and lift with your thigh muscles, not your back. Never bend over with your knees straight and lift with the upper torso. Move slowly and avoid sudden movements. Try to avoid lifting loads in front of you above the waist line. Avoid bending over to life heavy objects from car trunks, as this places a strain on low back muscles.

 
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