When back pain, neck, lower back - it is not life, anyone will tell. But they live the same people who do not have back problems! And how do they live? What is being done? Let's investigate.
How to choose the pillow?
But this is an important question, as they say, "on the subject." Today, a huge number of pillows, but some of them need to opt not to harm your spine? After all, this enhancement depends on the position of the human head during sleep, and this directly affects the health and mood after awakening.
Choosing a cushion, you should pay attention to how you sleep. What is the position of the take. The one who prefers to sleep on your back, doctors recommend a pillow of medium height and stiffness. Sleeping on the side of your hard and high pillow that supports the neck and does not leave a gap between the shoulder and head. If the favorite position - on his stomach, the pillow is required soft and flat.
What need a mattress?
Mattress - it's not just like that, "if only it was." It depends on the quality of its overall quality of sleep, as well as the health of our musculoskeletal system as a whole. The same should be guided, when you choose a mattress? First of all structural features of his own body: growth, figure proportions.
In addition, it is necessary to take into account the health of their spine and joints. Products with a layer of coir, as well as with strong independent springs are ideal for people with more weight. Kids are recommended model, filled with coconut. But older people need mattresses, soft or medium hard.
For patients with low back pain mattresses sold, who can take the shape of the body. Sick osteochondrosis need models to operate autonomously or springs made from latex and does not have springs. Hard mattresses are ideal for people suffering from diseases of the thoracic spine.
How to eat to avoid degenerative diseases of the spine?
To prevent the development of degenerative diseases of the spine, some stick to a strict diet is not necessary. Enough to be included in the diet of foods rich in calcium and a balanced menu (fat / protein / carbohydrate).
It should have a permanent milk and milk products, different low-fat varieties of fish and meat, seafood, animal liver, as well as seeds and nuts, cereals. Every day on the table should be fruits and vegetables, vegetable oils. Very useful for our spine soups, especially beef cooked on the legs, because they contain a substance involved in the rapid restoration of cartilage tissue.
If possible, it would be necessary to exclude from the menu salty, sweet and spicy and flavored foods, and including the one that contains the factory colors and preservatives. Harmful to the state of the spine, and alcoholic beverages.
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