10. Reach, Lift And Move Things Appropriately
Reaching, lifting and moving heavy objects without proper posture can injure your back. If you have to reach for an object, use a chair or a ladder instead of stretching.
When moving heavy objects, push instead of pulling. If you must carry something, then hold it close to your body, with your knees bent, and squat instead of bending your waist down, before you put it on the ground.
11. Easy With Your Heels
Heels look gorgeous on your legs, but they affect the center of gravity and stretch your back. They also make painful bumps on your legs and misshape your fingers. If you have to wear heels, at least don’t wear high ones, and if you must wear high ones, then don’t wear them all day.
12. Get Rid of Tight Jeans
Apart from the bad effects of the nerves around the lower part of the back and the groin area, tight clothes hamper movements as: sitting, walking and bending, thus increasing back pain.
13. Give Up Smoking
Smokers are more likely to experience problems with their back, because nicotine reduces the amount of blood flow to the spine.
14. Get Some Sleep
Sleeping on your back is the best position for avoiding pain. If you want to sleep on the side, place a pillow between the knees to relax the muscles.
15. Slow Down
A lot of pain in the body doesn’t come only from physical injuries. It sometimes happens because we are moving quickly and we strain too much. In this case rest, and your back (and the other parts of the body) will be grateful.
In cases of back pain:
16. Don’t lie Down
Our most common reaction when having back pain is to lie down for a while and rest until the pain goes away. Experts, on the other hand, believe that you should do some light movements and some gentle stretching.
17. Apply Compress of Ice Packs And Heat
Ice and heat are a great way to deal with pain. Doctors recommend cold therapy in the first 48 hours, especially if there is swelling, and then they recommend switching to warm compresses.
18. Gently Stretch
Stretching the soft tissues in your back and shoulders can help you deal with back pain. But it is important to visit a specialist who will tell you what kind of stretches to do. Otherwise, you could further injure yourself.
19. Take Some Natural Remedies
While some pain may go away only with lying and applying hot / cold packs, some may be so great that you will need help. So take some natural remedies that will help you to relieve back pain .
20. Visit a Doctor
Although minor injuries can go without a visit to the doctor, there are times when you have to visit a specialist or a doctor to deal with such problems. If you notice that the pain doesn’t decrease after rest and medication, and you start feeling tingling, weakness or fever, this may be a symptom of more serious problems.