Queso Posted February 13, 2005 Report Share Posted February 13, 2005 How is stress and back pain related? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biochemist Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Lots of folks "tighten up" under stress. That is, they retain incremental flex in key muscle groups during stress episodes. Commonly, folks will keep their shoulders slightly raised a couple of millimeters, or their head tilted forward, or their chin up. These posture anomalies probably cause tension headaches in some folks. Others adjust their body posture and put stress on the lumbar spine. In particular if your tummy muscles are weak, this can really stress your back. Some folks can train themselves to notice the aberrent posture and stop the behavior. For bad backs, tummy exercizes almost always help whether you adjust posture or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenMind5 Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 I agree with Biochemist...Stress is related to a certain group of hormones, and the cause the constricting and tightinging of certain muscels...thats why some people tharsh about or scream when stressed...they feel tight and pulled in. Back pain, caused by stress is simply your muscels are nice and tight and your moving around a little to much for those tight muscels...so relaxStress can kill...literaly!Op5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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