If a Nashville chiropractic doctor has helped to stop your neck pain, you may be interested in a few steps that you will be able to use to prevent the pain from returning. These steps will help to keep your neck and back healthy.

You have a big influence over the health of your spine. If you make a few easy lifestyle changes, you may remove one of the biggest causes of neck or back pain. All that is required is that you improve your posture.

Although you have little control over the aging process, heredity or accidents, you are in complete control of your own posture. Correcting the posture is important in overcoming and preventing pain. While you may be aware of your standing posture, how is your posture when typing at the computer?

If you are like many other office workers, you will spend hours in front of the computer. It is easy to get lazy about our posture and to slump forward and put undue pressure on our spine. If the spine is bent in an unnatural position it can cause harmful stress on the muscles, nerves, bones and the connective tissues of the spine. This stress eventually leads to discomfort and to pain. Eventually, your doctor may tell you that surgery is the only hope.

Learning to sit in front of the computer correctly will help to prevent these painful conditions.

In the sitting position, the back needs to rest against a firm back support which has lumbar support. Your chair should have arm rests that are adjusted to support the body in an upright position. The arm rests are important as they take the weight of the upper body off your wrists, an important step in preventing repetitive motion injuries.

Feet should be planted firmly on the floor. If your feet do not reach the floor comfortably, then you should use a footrest.

If, despite your best posture, you find you have an accident or injury that causes you neck pain, then schedule an appoint in a Nashville chiropractic clinic so the Chiropractor can treat your pain.