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Lower back pain in computer professionals

Learn about the causes and management of lower back pain in computer professionals. Discover trigger factors, exercise types, and complementary therapies for relief. Take control of your posture and workplace ergonomics to prevent exacerbation.

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Lower back pain in computer professionals

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  1. ; Lower back painin computer professionals Dr Hemant K. Kalyan MBBS, MS(Orth), DOrtho, FCPS, DSportsMed(Edin) Consultant in Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Bangalore

  2. Schematic cross-section of an inter-vertebral disc Herniated disc

  3. Causal factors forback pain… Spinal Fracture • Spinal fracture • Herniated disc • TB spine • Mechanical low back pain - Diagnosis of exclusion – 75-80% of cases. Herniated Disc TB Spine

  4. Triggerfactors • Excessive load on normal back • Long / erratic hours • Poor workplace ergonomics • Stress: Physical, mental and emotional • Travel

  5. Triggerfactors(contd)… Poor posture • Normal load on weak or unprepared back • Fatigue • Improper posture/ chronic malpositioning • Lack of exercise, poor physical conditioning • Weight control problems

  6. Three phases ofmanagement strategy… • Treatment of acute episodes. • Amelioration of chronic condition. • Prevention of exacerbation/ reinjury.

  7. The case against protracted rest • Deconditioning: Loss of muscle strength and endurance • Chance of micro traumatic injury • Protracts recurrent episodes • Maintains chronic disability • Decreased flexibility • Adversely modifies spinal biomechanics • Physiology of disc hydration affected “Avoid pill popping”

  8. Exercise - for which patients? Central focus in 95% cases • “YES”in mechanical causes • “NO”in non-mechanical causes

  9. Exercisetypes… • Back-specific exercises • Peri-pelvic and LL flexibility and strengthening • Aerobic conditioning Double knee to chest stretch

  10. Pelvic tilt Some exercises for the back… Lower trunk rotation stretch

  11. Trunk Flexion Stretch Some exercises for the back… Trunk flexion stretch Prone lumbar extension

  12. Alternate Prone Leg Extension Alternate prone leg extension Aerobic conditioning

  13. Abdominal Strengthening Abdominal strengthening

  14. Lower Limb Stretches Lower limb stretches

  15. Complementary therapy • Back hygiene and back school • Correction of biomechanical factors • Posture • Weight control

  16. Weight training Yoga

  17. Yoga The right chair Counter height

  18. The right posture… Working Posture Posture at work

  19. Sitting Posture Sitting posture Forward bending

  20. Pulling an Object Pulling an object

  21. Thank you

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