Looking for some Travel tips for Back Pain? Do you suffer from neck or back pain for days after a long car, plane, bus, or train trip? Sitting for hours stresses your spine, joints, ligaments, discs, and muscles, causing those travel-related aches and pains. Cafe of Life Chiropractic can help you get ready for your vacation to or from Miami Beach.
How Traveling can Cause Back Pain and discomfort
Traveling for long hours in a sitting position compresses your spine. Everyone has a different degree of compression but you will feel the effects after a few hours. After you remain in the same position for a few hours, your joints and muscles tend to tighten. When this happens, your range of motion may decrease. As a result, the slightest movement can lead to strained muscles. Reaching forward to change the radio station or turning your head to look out the window can trigger jolts of pain if your muscles and joints are too tight.
Long trips can aggravate existing back or neck conditions, including arthritis, herniated discs, spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, and sciatica.
Sitting affects your spine's ability to support your body adequately. When you sit, the natural curve in your lower back flattens, while pressure on your spinal discs increases, according to a study published in the Asian Spine Journal.
Seat design is another issue. Although seat designers try to accommodate a range of body types and sizes, it's difficult to construct a seat that fits everyone equally well. If the headrest is too tall to fit your neck, or the seat doesn't offer enough lower back support, you're more likely to experience some degree of pain if your trip lasts more than an hour or two.
What You Can Do to Help Prevent Pain
Fortunately, pain can be avoided, or at least decreased, by following a few of these suggestions:
Do you have a long trip planned soon? Chiropractic care can enhance your comfort. Call Cafe of life Chiropractic to help you feel your best before and after Traveling. Dr. Gordon Braun would be happy to assist and give you some great recommendations on your travels. Stay safe everyone!
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