How to prevent low back and leg pain?

As people age, calcium in the body continues to be lost, which can lead to frequent problems with the waist and legs. In addition, modern people are busy with work and do not pay attention to rest, which causes people to suffer from low back and leg pain earlier and earlier. This has become a serious problem that troubles everyone. So how should we prevent low back and leg pain? Today I will introduce to you some methods to prevent low back and leg pain.

1. Maintain good living habits, prevent your waist and legs from getting cold, and avoid overwork.

2. Stand or sit with correct posture. An abnormal spinal column can cause uneven stress on the intervertebral discs, which is a hidden cause of intervertebral disc herniation. The correct posture should be "stand like a pine tree, sit like a bell". The same posture should not be maintained for too long. Appropriate in-place activities or waist and back exercises can relieve fatigue in the waist and back muscles.

3. When exercising, do not stretch your legs or bend your waist too much, otherwise it will not only fail to achieve the desired purpose, but also cause a herniated disc.

4. Do not bend over when lifting heavy objects. You should squat down to pick up the heavy object, then stand up slowly, trying not to bend over.

From a biomechanical point of view, the L4-L5 and L5-S1 intervertebral discs are subject to the greatest pressure and have the greatest range of motion, while the posterior longitudinal ligaments located in these two segments are relatively narrow. Therefore, the L4-L5 and L5-S1 intervertebral discs are the most vulnerable parts, and clinically, L4-L5 and L5-S1 intervertebral disc herniations are the most common.

5. Eat a balanced diet with high protein and vitamin content and low fat and cholesterol, prevent obesity, quit smoking and control alcohol consumption.

6. Pay attention to the combination of work and rest at work, maintain correct posture, avoid sitting or standing for long periods of time, and do warm-up exercises before strenuous exercise.

7. When resting in bed, it is advisable to choose a hard bed to maintain the physiological curvature of the spine.

8. Avoid the cold and keep warm.

9. Lumbar disc herniation is a disease of the musculoskeletal system, and the principle of prevention requires reducing exercise and relaxing and resting.

10. Usually, you should strengthen your back muscle exercises to enhance the stability of your lumbar spine.

In addition to the methods mentioned above, we also need to pay more attention to nutrition and our bodies in our daily lives. If we feel that our bodies are showing symptoms of discomfort, we must take measures to prevent them before they happen. This will help us better prevent back and leg pain.