Today I will discuss the most common, non fatal, medical diagnosis low back pain.
More money is spent on lumbar spine pain than diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol to name a few.
The question today is; does your weight affect whether your back hurts or not? The answer is yes it can cause your back to hurt.
Many other things can cause spine pain as well.
You could sprain your back with an injury, arthritis, ruptured discs, osteoporosis and many other conditions as well.
Before discussing how your weight could make your low back hurt we need a quick anatomy lesson.
The neck and low back have a loroditic curve; meaning the flex backward and resemble a backward "C.
" The mid back flexes forward and has a kyphotic curve and most resembles a forward "C.
" The back and spine muscles are more important in maintaining the neck and low backs structural integrity, than the mid back muscles.
This is why car accident injuries always seem to injure the neck and low back.
So where does weight fit in? In most obese people they gain abdominal weight, fat, and this puts an added strain on you low back.
The added frontal weight throws off your body's center of gravity and makes your back muscles work harder than they are meant to.
Need proof? Go to the store and pick up a 20 lb bag of dog food and walk up and down the isle.
Better yet ask any pregnant woman in their 8-9 months; "does your back hurt?" Lastly very few people specifically exercise their core muscle let alone try to isolate the low back spine muscles.
If you don't exercise them they weaken and are more prone to injury.
Even slight back injury or the muscles working to hard, can make the low back muscle squeal with pain.
Mild pain can be treated with OTC analgesics like ibuprofen.
More severe back pain starts the medical expenses adding up.
Beside meds we have physical therapy, X-ray's, MRI's, surgery, not to mention hospitalization and time off work.
Imagine if you just lost one 20 lb bag of "dog food".
Your back would hurt less and you would in turn have more energy and become more active.
The loss of abdominal weight puts less strain on your low back muscles and they in turn don't cause you to have pain.
If you need help losing weight to get healthy or help your back pain please check out my Bio box below.
More money is spent on lumbar spine pain than diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol to name a few.
The question today is; does your weight affect whether your back hurts or not? The answer is yes it can cause your back to hurt.
Many other things can cause spine pain as well.
You could sprain your back with an injury, arthritis, ruptured discs, osteoporosis and many other conditions as well.
Before discussing how your weight could make your low back hurt we need a quick anatomy lesson.
The neck and low back have a loroditic curve; meaning the flex backward and resemble a backward "C.
" The mid back flexes forward and has a kyphotic curve and most resembles a forward "C.
" The back and spine muscles are more important in maintaining the neck and low backs structural integrity, than the mid back muscles.
This is why car accident injuries always seem to injure the neck and low back.
So where does weight fit in? In most obese people they gain abdominal weight, fat, and this puts an added strain on you low back.
The added frontal weight throws off your body's center of gravity and makes your back muscles work harder than they are meant to.
Need proof? Go to the store and pick up a 20 lb bag of dog food and walk up and down the isle.
Better yet ask any pregnant woman in their 8-9 months; "does your back hurt?" Lastly very few people specifically exercise their core muscle let alone try to isolate the low back spine muscles.
If you don't exercise them they weaken and are more prone to injury.
Even slight back injury or the muscles working to hard, can make the low back muscle squeal with pain.
Mild pain can be treated with OTC analgesics like ibuprofen.
More severe back pain starts the medical expenses adding up.
Beside meds we have physical therapy, X-ray's, MRI's, surgery, not to mention hospitalization and time off work.
Imagine if you just lost one 20 lb bag of "dog food".
Your back would hurt less and you would in turn have more energy and become more active.
The loss of abdominal weight puts less strain on your low back muscles and they in turn don't cause you to have pain.
If you need help losing weight to get healthy or help your back pain please check out my Bio box below.
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