Back pain is a very common disease. In the United States, about 80% of people suffer from back and lumbar disease. There are many causes of back pain, which can be due to spinal degeneration, sports sprains, spinal and cartilage tissue fatigue, posture problems, etc. Therefore, people of all ages have the opportunity to suffer from it. Generally, 95% of back pain is caused by simple reasons, usually due to long-term physical fatigue, and rarely due to excessive rough work at one time. The pain is usually concentrated in the lower back, and may also appear in the buttocks and thighs. It will appear and disappear at different times, depending on your body's activities.

If you have the following habits, you are likely to suffer from general back pain: incorrect posture, lack of exercise, standing or bending for long periods of time, a chair that does not adequately support your back, a bed that does not adequately support your back, falling, moving heavy objects in an incorrect posture, etc.

 

In the above cases, back pain often starts slowly and worsens over time. In severe cases, the pain may last for more than a week, and one or both legs may feel numb or weak. In more serious cases, the patient may even lose the ability to control urination and defecation. If the above conditions occur, you should consult a doctor for detailed examination and treatment as soon as possible.

Good back care can greatly reduce the chance of developing back pain.

Ways to protect your back:

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1. Exercise regularly

2. Sit on a chair with a backrest and place your feet flat on the ground or use a step for foot support

3. Sleeping on a mattress with good back support

4. When lifting or carrying things, only carry objects that are within your physical strength. If the object is too heavy, ask someone to help you. When lifting heavy objects, bend your knees and keep your back straight and your feet apart. Do not lift heavy objects and bend your waist at the same time. Try to keep the heavy object close to your body. When putting things down, only bend your knees, not your waist.

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To prevent bone spurs, you must first avoid long-term excessive and strenuous activities, reduce damage to joints and cartilage, and avoid excessive strain on ligaments and soft tissues. At the same time, you must also prevent joint degeneration and do appropriate exercises every day. Because the nutrition of joint cartilage comes from joint fluid, and joint fluid can only circulate in the joint by "squeezing" to supply nutrition to the soft tissue in the joint, promote the metabolism of the soft tissue, reduce the degeneration of joint cartilage and repair the damage to the soft tissue.

  

When you discover that you have bone spurs, you don't need to panic. With proper treatment, you can relieve the pain caused by bone spurs, adjust the dislocated joints, change your daily activities (such as doing proper exercise), and pay attention to your daily diet and nutrient absorption so that your body has enough nutrients to properly repair daily injuries. This can not only slow down the growth of bone spurs, but also delay the appearance of bone spurs.