Friday, December 18, 2009

Are Back Spasms slowing you down?

 An all too common event takes place during your day or night. You first wake up in the morning and you go to turn to get out of bed and then it hits you- a severe muscle contraction that won’t let go until you lie flat again until the episode sip sides. Or you go to pick up the morning paper or bend over to put on your shoes and your back freezes up, leaving you with a crook in your back or neck and you are forced to walk around like the Hunch back of Notre Dame.
These back spasm (spontaneous, abnormal contraction of a muscle) can occur any time day or night- even in the middle of the night you can feel a sharp griping pull in your muscles as you try to turn over. Or as you are working out in the middle of your workout your back locks up and you are unable to find a comfortable position until the spasm decrease.
All these events are a typical back spasm event; causes vary from the lack of flexibility to tearing of the muscle fibers. All of them resulting in sever discomfort or chronic tightness in the involved region.

Causes are vast, here are a few common ones
  • Your pelvis is angled too far forward more than normal when standing or sitting.
  • Any kind of back weakness such from a disc issue to arthritis in the spine.
  • Hamstring tightness- very common with athletes and people who sit too much, the muscles that run down the back of the legs
  • Weak or inflexible muscles along the spine
  • Weak stomach and core muscles.
How to prevent muscle spasm in the first place is to have a good flexibility program in place and to do it daily. Yes daily, just a few minutes a day can help prevent your muscles from tightening up on you and also improve your range of motion. By using a simple household ladder or chair can increase your flexibility as well as make it fun and easy to do.
You don’t have to lie on the floor to stretch out your legs any more there are many useful ways to stretch out your body by using postural stretches with the help of gravity and even the wall so you can do stretches just about anywhere-from the airport to sitting at your desk in your cubicle. You do not need a lot of space to improve and prevent muscle spasm from occurring.
 Of course stretching is just once aspect of muscle spasm, diet and hydration are important too. Always check with your health care provider before starting any kind of exercise program or to rule out any serious medical problem that may be contributing to your pain.

Keep on training.

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