Sedentary Lifestyle Can Be a Factor in Low Back Pain
A sedentary lifestyle
is one where an individual gets very little
exercise. And people all over the world
are getting less and less exercise. During
their leisure time, people sit while they use
computers, play video games, and while they watch TV. And
at work, people often do their job while sitting
at a desk. A sedentary lifestyle can
increase a person’s risk for many cardiometabolic
problems including obesity, heart disease, high
blood pressure and cholesterol. And a recent
study has shown that a sedentary lifestyle
can also raise the risk for low back pain (LBP).
There are basically two
types of back pain. There is acute back pain
that may last up to a few weeks, and there is
chronic back pain that can last 12 weeks or more.
Most of us experience back pain at some point, but
the back pain usually goes away. However, LBP is a
chronic condition for about twenty percent of the
people who have the condition.
In the study mentioned above, 27
meta-analyses were researched. The
meta-analyses were taken from articles published
in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Scopus. And
the analysis of the 27 meta-analyses showed that
sedentary lifestyle raised the risk of LBP.
The set of meta-analyses showed
that a sedentary lifestyle was a big risk
factor for LBP in both adults and children. For
example, one of the meta-analyses showed that
using a computer for more than four hours a day,
while at work, could lead to LBP. One of the
analyses indicated that sitting for more than
seven hours a day can lead to LBP. And another one
of the analyses concluded that playing video games
for at least twelve hours a week could lead to
LBP.
Since a sedentary lifestyle can lead to LBP,
exercise should be encouraged by healthcare
providers for patients to prevent LBP, as well as
other undesirable health conditions.
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