| Lower back pain can hinder the productivity in the | | | | and shoulders in alignment. It should also create an |
| workplace. Having lumbar support in your office | | | | inward curve for the lower back which is how the |
| chair can greatly reduce pain and anxiety. Office | | | | body posture is supposed to naturally be. |
| Chairs can reduce our pain but it is also up to how | | | | However, it should not overly create an inward |
| we sit in the chair that can lessen fatigue. | | | | curve. |
| I think that it is important to understand why | | | | There are three options one can have to get the |
| back support is needed. Sometimes we like to | | | | much needed lower back support. The first option |
| think that slouching in our chair makes us look cool | | | | is to get an adjustable office chair. This option is |
| but it actually hurts our back in the long run. Our | | | | top choice for those who are sharing the chair |
| natural back position is supposed to form an | | | | with people of different statures. If a new chair is |
| S-shape. Slouching gives a single curve shape to | | | | not in your budget then the next option is to use |
| our back causing pressure on our vertebrae. Even | | | | a portable lumbar support roll. Some portable rolls |
| if you lean your neck forward, it throws off the | | | | are inflatable allowing the user to determine how |
| natural posture and creates a new one. The head | | | | much support is needed. Going along the lines of |
| and upper back have a tendency to bend forward | | | | portable support is the last option which is to |
| to compensate the weakening of the lumbar | | | | place a towel or a small pillow behind the lower |
| muscles. Our bodies are trying to make up for | | | | back when sitting. |
| the imbalance which causes the spine to go out of | | | | The main purpose of lumbar support is to reduce |
| whack causing back strain and fatigue. I believe | | | | stress to the body and maintain the correct |
| this is why we see older people bent over in a | | | | sitting posture. Lumbar support can be very |
| "looking at the ground" posture due to bad | | | | beneficial to for office personnel. However, it is still |
| practices. | | | | recommended that you stand after every half |
| A good lumbar back support should be pressed | | | | hour to stretch your muscles to also relieve built |
| against the small of the back. When placed | | | | up tension. |
| correctly, the lumbar support should keep the hips | | | | |