Sedentary Lifestyle
A Perpetuating Factor for Lower Back Pain

Over time, a sedentary lifestyle can set the stage for lower back pain. The body functions best not only when there’s plentiful physical movement, but a variety of movement. Except in rare cases, children don’t complain about having lower back pain.

Why?

Because they run and jump and roll and duck and spin and twist all day long. Their little bodies receive a constant stream of sensory information keeping their muscles and joints and fascia stretched and loose and mobile.

The vast majority of lower back problems are muscular in origin. If the muscles are not moved and stretched regularly, they become tight and short and stiff. This can predispose an individual to experiencing lower back pain.

Lack of movement, then, can be a perpetuating factor for lower back pain. As such, it can set the stage leading to one or more of the five primary causes of back pain.


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