| As William King Gregory, a great primatologist | | | | avoided, considering that ligaments thicken as you |
| would say, the quadruped vertebral arrangement | | | | get older and inter vertebral discs dry out with |
| used in the human back as a "bridge that walks". | | | | age, resulting in bulging or herniated discs and |
| Animals that walk on four legs have a beautiful | | | | considerable pain. |
| arch system that is the result of many millions of | | | | Lower back pain is normally related to heavy |
| years of the evolutionary process, but the human | | | | lifting or forceful pushing, bending and twisting, you |
| back is really an improvised adaptation, a poorly | | | | must of course consider the best practices and |
| adapted one at most. This scar of evolution on | | | | use proper techniques when doing these activities. |
| our bodies results in many problems, strained | | | | Many back problems are also related to injuries |
| muscles, slipped discs, pinched nerves and various | | | | and accidents, these can be sports related or due |
| degrees of back pain. | | | | to situations beyond your control, these, of |
| Our, all so common back issues, are a direct | | | | course, need immediate medical attention. |
| consequence of our upright position, the | | | | Obesity is also a factor that aggravates lumbar |
| vertebrae became wedge-shaped easily slipping on | | | | back pain, the excess weight puts an added |
| each other, the disks between them tend to get | | | | pressure on the back and especially the lower |
| pressed out when the weight above them | | | | back. |
| compresses them, hemorrhoids, hernia, varicose | | | | One good way to avoid some of the most |
| veins, weak knees and other physical | | | | common lumbar pains is to keep a good posture, |
| complications are a direct result of this | | | | this can be achieved naturally or, as was my |
| evolutionary jump to bipedism and our tool | | | | case, through intensive physical training, in my |
| wielding advances. | | | | case weight training and later on in karate. |
| So, considering our weak back and our lumbar | | | | Another way to aid the lower back is to use |
| pains are all results of an evolutionary lapse, | | | | lumbar back support options, such as cushions or |
| should we then just live with it all and do nothing | | | | pillows of diverse materials and designs. When |
| against the trappings of "human" deficiencies? I | | | | choosing an office chair or one for your home, |
| think not! We can avoid or be accomplices of | | | | take into account that they offer adequate |
| these shortcomings. | | | | lumbar support, or maybe even adjustable back |
| Of course back pain may not be completely | | | | support options. |