Daily waist protection tips for the elderly

Who doesn’t have elderly people in their family? Every family has elderly parents or grandparents. Friends who have elderly people at home must read the content introduced to you today. Because the elderly generally have symptoms such as low back pain, how the elderly protect their waist is an issue that everyone is concerned about. Here I will introduce some wonderful ways for the elderly to protect their waist in daily life?

Many elderly people suffer from back and leg pain. In addition to actively receiving formal rehabilitation training, the elderly must be protected in their daily lives.

Some elderly people cannot stand sudden brakes when riding on a bus, and they cannot even walk when getting off the bus. In this case, the elderly should try to sit in the front of the car to prevent damage to the lumbar spine caused by the violent shaking from the rear of the car. If you can't find a seat, you should try to stand facing the direction the car is traveling, hold on to the back of the chair or other object you can hold on to with both hands, bend your elbows and knees slightly, bend your waist slightly forward, and stand with your legs as far apart as possible, in a slightly arched shape. This will effectively protect your lumbar spine and knee joints when the vehicle brakes suddenly or bumps.

Many elderly people often bring back large and small bags of vegetables from the morning market early in the morning. In fact, it is best for the elderly to buy only enough vegetables for one or two days, and the weight should not exceed ten kilograms. Reduce the burden on the lumbar spine as much as possible. You can make a large cloth bag yourself, put the vegetables in it and hang it in front of your chest or back, and try not to carry it with both hands. If the amount of food is large, you can bring a cart with you and push the cart by slightly bending forward at the waist.

Elderly people who experience knee pain after going up and down stairs or sitting for long periods of time should first try to reduce the number of times they go up and down stairs. But when you have to go up and down stairs, you need to master certain skills. When going upstairs, you can use your non-painful leg to step to the next higher step, and then follow with your painful leg. Always avoid taking the painful leg up first. When going downstairs, do the opposite, the painful leg should go down first. If the pain in your legs is severe, walking up and down the stairs sideways may relieve the pain appropriately. Then when you get home, if you need to sit more, try to straighten your legs or take turns straightening your legs.

Because the waist pain in the elderly is not formed in a day or two, some are caused by overwork when they are young, and some are caused by not paying attention to protecting the waist in daily life. Therefore, waist diseases cannot be treated only by drugs, but also pay more attention to the care of the waist in the life of the elderly. The article has introduced the wonderful ways to protect the waist in the daily life of the elderly. If you want to protect your waist, you can refer to the above methods.