10 Side Effects of Sitting Down All Day
Sitting down for too long can increase your risk of numerous health conditions, including muscle pain, blood clots, and diabetes. It can also affect your mental health.
Source: Healthline
Spinal Stenosis: 6 Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Falling
Lumbar spinal stenosis increases the risk of injury from falling because the stenosis compresses the nerves that control leg strength, balance and coordination. Here are recommendations for fall prevention if you have lumbar spinal stenosis:
Source: Spine-health
Exercises to Avoid with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
If you have lumbar spinal stenosis, the goal while exercising is to keep the spine in a "neutral" or slightly flexed (forward-leaning) position. However, many standard exercises do the exact opposite, forcing the lower back into an arch that can trigger a flare-up.
Source: Spine-health
Tight Quad Muscles and How They Relate to Low Back Pain
Tight quads can cause lower back pain by pulling the pelvis down and creating an excessive arch in the lower back.
Source: Verywell Health
Clinical gait analysis may provide objectivity in lumbar degenerative disease treatment
Clinical gait analysis may objectively measure preoperative disability associated with lumbar degenerative disease. Gait analysis may also improve postoperative function measurements after lumbar decompression.
Source: Healio
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