Traditional Chinese medicine believes that sitting for a long time hurts the flesh, and sitting for a long time can easily cause lumbar intervertebral disc, facet joints, muscles, and ligaments to be unbalanced, and then various low back pains such as lumbar muscle strain and lumbar intervertebral disc herniation occur.
When it comes to low back pain, many people have experienced this. So, massage, plasters, hot compresses, and tossing. How can I prevent low back pain? Low back pain can be a problem with the lower back or it can be something else. Here are 6 recommended casual waist protection tips that combine movement and static, and you may wish to do it several times in your daily life.
When you are engaged in a stressful and selfless work, it is sometimes difficult to stand for a moment, and if you encounter a conversation with others or answer the phone, you can stand up and speak.
This allows the tense psoas muscles to relax for a while, which also improves blood circulation and improves muscle function.
▶ Make a fist and rub your waist and eyes
When leaning on the back of the chair, the waist is often empty, at this moment use both hands to form an empty fist, against the waist and eyes, so that the waist has a support, slow down muscle tension.
On the other hand, by gently pressing and kneading the acupuncture points of the waist and eyes - Kidney Yu, it is located in the kidney area, that is, the upper lumbar vertebrae on both sides of the thumb width of one and a half fingers, and there are two adjacent acupuncture points below it, Waist Yang Guan and Colorectal Yu, by stimulating the relevant meridian acupoints, it can play a role in invigorating blood circulation and strengthening the waist and kidneys.
Sitting for a long time makes it easy for the lower back to bend forward, which leads to tension and fatigue of the lower back muscles. Stretching a few more lazy waists can increase the intervertebral space, help the muscles contract, reduce the burden on the muscles, reduce swelling, relieve pain, and promote lymphatic return and blood circulation.
▶ Knock the lumbar spine a few times
The acupuncture points on the waist and back are abundant, and there are many acupuncture points of the Du Pulse and the Sun Bladder Meridian of the Foot Sun, and the waist spine is continuously percussed up and down more than a dozen times with one or both hands in the shape of an empty fist.
It can stimulate acupuncture points, smooth qi and blood, and prevent low back pain. This can be done both while sitting or standing.
▶ Sedentary and turn your waist
Lean your elbows on both sides of the seat or support the seat with both hands, and repeatedly do more than ten waist turns.
Balance the lumbar facet joints and intervertebral discs to prevent muscle stiffness and fatigue damage, and make the force more balanced. Of course, it is better to stand up and do this movement.
▶ Massage the popliteal fossa often
The depression behind the knee joint is called the popliteal fossa, and there is an acupuncture point in its center called Weizhong, which is the confluence point of the two branches of the solar bladder at the popliteal fossa.
Traditional Chinese medicine has the saying of "seeking from the middle of the back of the back", gently leaning down and kneading the acupoints of the committee for 15~20 times, which can not only relieve pain and treat low back pain, but also regulate the qi and blood of the local meridians and tendons in the lower back, dredge the meridians, and promote the metabolism of the muscles and soft tissues in the waist.
