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Reducing sitting by about 40 minutes daily may prevent back pain, research suggests
Medical Xpress / University of Turku / BMJ Open ^ | Oct. 1, 2024 | Jooa Norha et al

Posted on 10/07/2024 7:58:30 PM PDT by ConservativeMind

A new study showed that reducing daily sitting prevented back pain from worsening over six months. The result strengthens the current understanding of the link between activity and back pain as well as the mechanisms related to back pain.

Intuitively, it is easy to think that reducing sitting would help with back pain, but previous research data is surprisingly scarce. The study investigated whether reducing daily sitting could prevent or relieve back pain among overweight or obese adults who spend the majority of their days sitting.

The participants were able to reduce their sitting by 40 min/day, on average, during the six-month study.

"Our participants were quite normal middle-aged adults, who sat a great deal, exercised little, and had gained some extra weight. These factors not only increase the risk for cardiovascular disease but also for back pain," says Jooa Norha

The researchers also examined potential mechanisms behind the prevention of back pain.

"However, we did not observe that the changes in back pain were related to changes in the fattiness or glucose metabolism of the back muscles," Norha says.

Individuals with back pain have excessive fat deposits within the back muscles, and impaired glucose metabolism, or insulin sensitivity, can predispose to pain. Nevertheless, back pain can be prevented or relieved even if no improvements in the muscle composition or metabolism take place.

The researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and PET imaging that is based on a radioactive tracer to measure the back muscles.

The researchers wish to remind people that switching between postures is more important than only looking for the perfect posture.

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1 posted on 10/07/2024 7:58:30 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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2 posted on 10/07/2024 8:00:09 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

(Standing helps)


3 posted on 10/07/2024 8:05:06 PM PDT by webheart
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Indeed!!!
Walking is even better for folks who are still ambulatory.


4 posted on 10/07/2024 8:59:22 PM PDT by dadgum
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To: ConservativeMind

Anything that gets a body up... helps with health.


5 posted on 10/07/2024 9:01:10 PM PDT by goodnesswins (DEI....Divide, Enslave, Indoctrinate.....OR ......Didn't Earn It)
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I’m going to have to lay down and think about this.


6 posted on 10/07/2024 9:32:38 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I may have flunked high school but the pigeons have accepted me as their leader, so I have that.)
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That’s how I use the 40 minutes.
It makes a difference!


7 posted on 10/07/2024 10:19:55 PM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers! Remember the J6 political prisoners!)
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To: ConservativeMind

What if I lay down more?


8 posted on 10/07/2024 11:58:19 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: ConservativeMind

BKMK


9 posted on 10/08/2024 12:19:16 AM PDT by lizma2
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To: ConservativeMind

I’ve been sitting more than I used to because of chronic pain in my ankle. The lack of exercise hasn’t been good for me.

Saturday, I moved wrong and blew out my back. I heard the loud POP and the pain has been almost unbearable. I have a doctor’s appointment this morning. Right now, I’m sitting while leaning slightly forward because it’s the most comfortable position I can find but the pain is still bringing tears to my eyes. I either broke my spine or have a severely slipped disc.


10 posted on 10/08/2024 12:33:05 AM PDT by CFW
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To: ConservativeMind
Five minutes on this baybee and the pain disappears.


11 posted on 10/08/2024 12:58:14 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: ConservativeMind

The one thing that helped me the most was to stop using my Ottoman and sit with both feet flat on the floor. I don’t remember where I got that info, but it works for me.


12 posted on 10/08/2024 4:28:20 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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Every morning, my routine is to stand up while praying and reading the Bible from a stand-up desk. If I start the day off like that then I'm more liable to stand and walk around most of the rest of the day.

I work part-time in quasi-retirement. Most of it is at home, so I stand up at least half of that time at my standup desk. And I try to walk a mile around the neighborhood everyday. If it's a day I go to the office and I have to be there all day, then I have to sit down at a desk and find myself more tired when I come home than the days I stand up a lot.

13 posted on 10/08/2024 5:07:37 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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