1. Wearing High Heels
For decades, high heels have been considered a fashion essential for women. These stylish shoes instantly elevate the wearer’s appearance, making them look taller and more confident. Despite their obvious appeal, high heels can have a serious impact on your health overall.
In particular, these shoes place excessive pressure on the spine, which in turn can lead to lower back pain. The reason for this is simple: wearing heels makes it challenging for your body to maintain proper posture since it is forced to distribute its weight unevenly between the front and the back of the foot. Over time, this can create imbalanced muscle strain that leaves you increasingly vulnerable to lower back pain. So if you love your high heels, just be sure to wear them responsibly – or better yet, only occasionally!
2. Sleeping On Your Stomach
Sleeping on your stomach has long been discouraged by health experts, due to the many negative effects it can have on the body. One of the main problems? It causes spinal misalignment, and as a result, lower back pain.
If you’re struggling with low back pain and sleep on your stomach, visiting a physiotherapist can be beneficial to you. Through treatment, they can realign your spine, teach you strategies to avoid this poor sleep habit, and help protect your body and ensure a good night’s rest.
3. Carrying a Heavy Purse
Many of us carry heavy bags or purses daily, which, unfortunately, can be bad for lower back pain in multiple ways. First: carrying a heavy load around can put a lot of strain on your muscles, especially in the back and shoulders. Second: if you carry your bag on one shoulder, the extra weight can cause uneven distribution of pressure that increases the risk of developing low back pain and injury.
4. A Desk Job
Sitting for long periods of time can be detrimental when it comes to lower back pain. Not only does it put stress on your joints and spine, but prolonged periods of sitting weaken muscles throughout your back, further exacerbating your pain. If you spend a lot of time sitting at your desk, it’s important to make sure you take frequent breaks. In addition, consulting a physiotherapist is a great way to help ease your lower back pain. Through treatment, they can release the stress on your joints and spine, and provide you with exercises to ensure that you ward off this pain in the future.
5. Weak Pelvic Floor Muscles
Having weak pelvic floor muscles can cause a lot of strain and discomfort in the lower back. Weakness in your pelvic floor muscles makes it difficult to maintain proper posture and alignment. This results in strain and imbalances that put extra pressure on the spine. Over time, this can lead to pain and injury in the back that can be quite debilitating. One of the best ways to address these issues is by strengthening your pelvic floor muscles with a specialist in this area – a pelvic floor physiotherapist.
Vancouver Physiotherapy Hub & Lower Back Pain
If you are experiencing lower back pain, it’s important to find the root cause and address it. At Vancouver Physiotherapy Hub, our physiotherapists perform a thorough assessment to determine the root cause of your lower back pain. From here, they provide a thorough treatment plan to get you back – and stay – feeling your best.
