I see sciatica waiting to happen everywhere I look.
Americans have terrible posture. Turns out, your aunt Betty was right when she told you stand up straight. She wasn't just nagging you...she was looking out for your future.
Bad posture stresses your back, creating extra strain on your discs. The lumbar curve - the lower curve in your back - should be there, always.
Most people don't sit with a lumbar curve because it takes effort. Abdominal muscles, lower back muscles, and hip flexors all work in unison to keep a lumbar curve in place.
Once a severe sciatica episode comes on, it's almost impossible to sit upright at all for any length of time. Only rest and basic exercises can really help in a full-fledged flare-up.
But most people who have been dealing with sciatica for any length of time know that there are inevitable warning signs...a little tightness, or perhaps a twinge of pain running down the sciatica nerve.
When that happens TAKE HEED and precautionary measures.
One of those measures should be reviewing the fundamentals of back health: hydration, rest, nutrition, exercise, and posture.
Fundamental to posture is keeping a strong lumbar curve.
Remember the techniques for proper walking, sleeping, and above all, sitting.
If you don't know the proper, back-healthy techniques for these positions, learn them.
Life's too short to live with debilitating sciatica.
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