Today's lifestyle often includes long periods of sitting—at work, during the commute to and from work, at home watching TV or at the computer, watching kids' soccer games, and so on. We actually spend half of our awaken hours sitting, yet, our body is not designed and structured for prolonged sitting. And poor postural habits tend to develop among people— hunching over, slouching in the chair, etc. Not sitting properly inevitably leads to upper back neck shoulder pain, muscle fatigue low back pain, and other backproblems.
Shifting one’s weight forward increases stress on the soft tissue, joints and discs when one is sitting in an office chair. To compensate the in-balanced load to the body, more effort and pressure are placed to the wrong areas of your body. It consequently creates muscle fatigue low back pain and tension in the lower back, hip and legs (ie. sciatica).
Problems from sitting in an office chair
Sitting in an office chair without adequate back support creates a great deal of stress on the lower back for many people who work in an office setting. This is because our lumbosacral discs are loaded three times more than standing when they are in the seated position.
In addition, sitting without back support usually leads to poor posture, which stresses the soft tissues and joints in the spine that are common causese of lower back and hip pain. For many people, sitting in an office chair either causes or exacerbates lower back pain.
Office Chair Lumbar Back Support is Important
Supporting the natural inward curve of the lower back, a lumbar back support helps promote good posture by filling in the gap between the lumbar spine and the seat. Because our lower portion of the spine, just above the buttocks, naturally curves inward toward the belly (the lordotic curve).
It's more difficult to maintain the correct posture without lumbar back support. The lumbar spine and large muscles in the lower back have to work harder to support the proper curvature and alignment. With excessive time spending sitting in this position, the body tires and the muscles holding the spine in such a position weakens. The head and upper back have to lean forward to compensate the weakening of the lumbar muscles. The natural tendency is to slouch and/or lean forward in the office chair.
You need to adopt the use of back support cushions in ergonoic chairs besides choosing a quality executive office chair with heat massage. Cool Man's Mesh using gel pads for cold therapy and hot therapy that massing healing cool or hot wave in your lumbar area and relax your tensed muscle and promote nutrients flow through circulation system. More information on medical therapeutic massage can be found on http://www.thegentrycollection.com/admin/articles.asp?id=112
