Introduction
This article is to help nurses and carers with back pain to give them alternatives with the practice of yoga. Please bare in mind if you have concerns regarding your exercise programme please talk to your health professional or doctor.
Pain
Nurses and carers with back pain are the subjects of this study. Pain can occur in the sacroiliac joints (where the sacrum connects to the pelvis), called sacroiliac joint dysfunction, and in the coccyx (tailbone), called coccydynia. One study showed nursing students who had back pain by the end of their first year in school; this was before the students had patient contact. Nurses who had back pain in school were more likely to have back pain during their nursing years.
Back pain with leg pain (sciatica) was linked with lifting, twisting and bent postures. Actual injuries only accounted for a small number of nurses' back pain. The authors concluded it may be possible to predict which nurses will develop back pain during their early years of nursing. It seems that pain and symptoms are already present and get triggered or made worse during school/work.
While nurses work hard to relieve pain in others, nurses with back pain and or sciatica are more prevalent than workers in most other professions. Nursing and back pain have become nearly synonymous as one study places the lifetime risk of lower back pain for nurses as high as 90%.
With regard to neck and shoulder pain, your neck (cervical spine) is aligned in a natural curve at the top of your spine. Damage to your neck's natural curve can cause severe neck pain. Your neck protects your spinal cord and spinal nerves, while supporting and balancing the weight of your head. Poor posture, wear and tear, injury, stress, and tension can strain and damage vital parts of your neck, resulting in neck pain.
Health
With back pain cases where the work absence is greater than six months creating 70% of worker compensation costs, back pain relief for nurses should become a front burner issue for healthcare facilities. The information should NOT be used in place of visit with your healthcare provider, nor should you disregard the advice of your health care provider because of any information you read in this topic.
Educating nurses in how to prevent lower back injuries in the workplace along with improving working conditions will allow healthcare facilities to realize significant savings in worker compensation costs as well as provide a better working environment for nurses.
Glen Wood - The Yoga Teacher. Glen is a yoga expert who loves to teach you how to lose your neck, shoulder or back pain with yoga. He is dedicated to unlocking the Real Secrets of Back, Neck and Shoulder Pain.
