The long-term poor posture, i.e. the roundness of the back
– makes the gap between the vertebrae wedge-shaped
– exposes the disks to one-sided damaging pressure
– opens the facet joints of the vertebrae, which rest on each other in good posture and carry about 30% or the vertical pressure
– degenerates by stretching the numerous ligaments between the vertebrae
– tightens the soft tissues around the vertebrae, causing blood and lymphatic flows in different parts of the spine to collapse and thus accelerate degeneration
This process is described e.g. in medical textbooks and is quite a basic fact of science. About 800,000 people are suffering from back pains in Finland every day, and many more have tense shoulders because of sitting for days with the back rounded, i.e. in poor posture.
There are about 6,000 early retirees due to sedentary disorders per year and 20,000 back surgeries are performed each year. On unstable and vibrating machines, the back health of drivers that sit in a poor posture deteriorates even faster.
In children and adolescents, poor posture leads to permanent back problems. Today, well over half of those who finish school have negative posture changes or varying degrees of back pain.
In addition to exercise, good nutrition and slimness, the best solution for good back health is a table with a recess, adjusted at the right height, with elbow pads and good quality monitors at eye level. The best chair is a two-part, properly shaped swinging saddle chair, the “micro-movement” of which increases important fluid flow in the lower back.
Standing in good posture for 10 to 30 minutes at a time, and repetitive movements (while maintaining the good posture) help to keep your back healthy.
Almost without exception, a sedentary worker with tense shoulders or painful lower back (there are already hundreds of thousands of these) has gotten rid of his trouble by changing their sitting, as described above.
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