| There was an era when great posture was both | | | | the weight of upper back muscles. It hugs the |
| rewarded and graded in school, and everyone | | | | spine and fills the natural gaps between the inward |
| was immediately corrected if he suddenly fell into | | | | curve of your back and the chair when you are |
| a comfortable slouch. Gone are the days of gentle | | | | sitting. |
| parent reminders and firm teacher warnings. In | | | | The effects of the lumbar support pillow also |
| the place of those corrective forces, there is the | | | | have been used in cars when there is either a |
| lumbar support pillow. | | | | large quantity of driving or a long distance that |
| As an orthopedic device, lumbar support pillows | | | | must be traveled. The downward gravity of |
| can be placed behind the back to assist posture, | | | | sitting so frequently or so long is absorbed and |
| reduce back pain and prevent future back | | | | has a coil spring-like effect. The lumbar region falls |
| challenges. They can be foam wedges or inflatable | | | | between the middle and lower back, and it has |
| and are designed to conform to the natural curve | | | | been directly connected to back pain for many |
| of the spine. | | | | sufferers. A half pillow supports the small of your |
| Some have found great benefit in placing the | | | | back, and a full pillow lends support to your entire |
| lumbar support pillow behind the neck in order to | | | | lower back. Either choice will help to curb or |
| take some of the pressure off of the lower back. | | | | alleviate chronic back pain. |
| The pillow relieves the lower back from carrying | | | | |