Balanced posture for healthy life..!!!

Whenever you are impressed or dominated with any person you must have observed there attitude, there posture, the way they talk or the way they walk and carry there self. For having good and convincing personality you must carry proper posture of your body. Not only for your impressive personality but for your healthy and happy life.

Basically good or healthy posture as we denote is maintaining your normal spine curvatures and your bones are properly aligned and your muscles. When your posture is balanced your vital organs are in the right position and can function at peak efficiency. Gravity is always acting on our body and contributes is weight distribution in all body parts, whether we are standing, sitting or lying down gravity exerts a force on our joints, ligaments and muscles. Good posture entails distributing the force of gravity through our body so no one structure is overstressed.Poor or bad posture often cause due to bad postural habits and routine activities here are some highlighters for bad posture:

• Poor sleep support (mattress)

• Excessive weight

• Visual or emotional difficulties

• Foot problems or improper shoes

• Weak muscles, muscle imbalance

• Careless sitting, standing, sleeping habits

• Occupational stress

• Poorly designed work space

• Accidents, injuries and falls

There is strong connection of your posture and your health, most important low back and neck problems. With imbalance posture your spine start getting excess curvatures (increasing lordosis or kyphosis) or start reducing their normal curves (flat spine) as shown in images. It start producing pain in daily activities and leading to more and more health issues. according to research, Your poor spinal curvatures give 63% low back problems, 53% neck problems, 38% shoulder problems and 33%wrist problems.

 

 

Everyone can avoid the problems caused by bad posture...and you can make improvements at any age. Just doing proper strengthening and stretching exercises prescribed by your physiotherapist, doing some modifications in daily routine and proper aligning your work place and most important by avoiding bad postural habits one can maintain balanced posture and healthy life for whole your life. 

Feeling like spinning....It may be "VERTIGO"

Vertigo may be described as a feeling that one is spinning around (known as subjective vertigo), or the feeling of rotation of the surrounding environment (known as objective vertigo) The spinning sensation of vertigo may be accompanied by other symptoms, including vomiting and nausea. People experiencing vertigo may feel that they are swaying, tilting, or are pulled to one direction. Vertigo is usually due to a problem with the inner ear but can also be caused by vision problems and other conditions. 

People with vertigo typically describe it as feeling like they are:

• Spinning
• Tilting
• Swaying
• Unbalanced
• Pulled to one direction

Other symptoms that may accompany vertigo include:

• Feeling nauseated
• Abnormal or jerking eye movements (nystagmus)
• headache
• sweating
• Ringing in the ears or hearing loss

Symptoms can last a few minutes to a few hours or more and may come and go.

Treatment for vertigo includes :

1. Physiotherapy exercises: Vestibular rehabilitation therapy is a type of exercises aimed at helping strengthen the vestibular system. The function of the vestibular system is to send signals to the Brain about head and body movements relative to gravity. BPPV is type of vertigo which could not treat without Physical therapy exercises.
2. Medicine: In some cases, medication may be given to relieve symptoms such as nausea or motion sickness associated with vertigo. If vertigo is caused by an infection or inflammation, antibiotics or steroids may reduce swelling and cure infection.
3. Surgery: In a few cases, surgery may be needed for vertigo. If vertigo is caused by a more serious underlying problem, such as a tumor or injury to the brain or neck, treatment for those problems may help to decrease the symptoms of vertigo.

What Is Spondylosis???

Spondylosis (spine arthritis) is one of the most common causes of spine pain and stiffness once you are aged over fifty. Spondylosis is further categorized depending on the region of the spine that it is present.

• Cervical Spondylosis  
• Thoracic Spondylosis  
• Lumbar Spondylosis 

Everyday "wear and tear" damages your spinal joints. In advanced stages, spinal arthritis can be painful and deteriorate into other conditions when the nerves become pinched (eg sciatica).

Unfortunately, there is no cure. But the good news is that there are numerous ways making your life easier via the correct                                                                management of the condition.

Physiotherapy is a very important part of making your life less painful, more functional and very enjoyable. It should also slow down the speed with which your spondylosis deteriorates.

Weigh Gain.." Back Pain"

Most of the persons(99.9%) in this world definitely have back pain at list once in there life time. working overtime with no or less physical work out, carrying heavy weights and stress, sedentary lifestyle often land up the working people in the stage of back pain. This back pain may not be very serious or long lasting but it may cause great damage to your spine. Many times back pain is associated with non bony i.e. muscular structure (muscle tightness and weakness) which is corrected and treated with non invasive therapy. Some good alteration in daily routine, healthy diet, proper exercises and maintaining your weight within limits will give you flexible and fit lower back.

Most important causative factor for low back is your body weight, overweight and obesity increase the risk of low back pain. The spine is designed to carry the body's weight and distribute the loads encountered during rest and activity. When excess weight is carried, the spine is forced to assimilate the burden, which may lead to structural compromise and damage. One region of the spine that is most vulnerable to the effects of obesity is the low back—the lumbar spine. Many of the research have proven this fact that "Overweight and obesity have the strongest association with seeking care for low back pain and chronic low back pain." 
Key points to avoid low back pain

• Maintain body weights within limits as calculated with BMI
• Resume good and healthy habits in day today life, Be more active and do regular work out. 
• Proper exercises for low back, core muscles, hip and leg muscle strengthening.
• Avoid self exercises, proper exercises prescription in important.
• Avoid sedentary life style and junk food.
• If in case of back pain do not over strain your back, Take proper physiotherapy consultation. Your physio can asses and find out the way to resolve your back ache problem.   

Best result..Best therapy.. 'Combination therapy'

Dr. Manjiree's recent advance pain management treatments now available for patients need.

Combination therapy works very good and effectively in patients with chronic joint and spine pain.

Including with physiotherapy, naturopathy, Ayurveda, homeopathy, acupressure / acupuncture, yoga, Pilates and many more.

we also include weight loss, slimming and advance diet for therapeutic purpose, depending upon patients need.