End Back Pain While Working At Your Desk With A Balance Ball Chair
November 24, 2009 by Lisa Deaton
Filed under Health & Fitness
Does your back ache at the end of the day? Most of us, who work in offices, would say yes. In fact, sitting at our desks may be the most common reason for backaches. Many exercise gurus would advise us to keep our core muscles strong to maintain good posture and prevent backaches. But who really has time to exercise?
Lower back pain is often caused by sitting for hours, especially with a bad posture, and by having weak core muscles. Developing these muscles is the key to improving our posture and eventually getting rid of the pain in our lower backs.
The core muscles are the muscles found in our abdomen, hips, back, and pelvis. Doing crunches is not enough to develop all these muscles. So having six-packs do not, necessarily, mean we have strong cores nor does the absence of distinct six-packs mean we have weak core muscles. Most of the core muscles lie beneath the six-pack muscles so their improvement is not really seen by the naked eye.
So, does this mean we have to do lots of exercises to get rid of our back pain? The funny thing is that it doesn’t have to be that way. In fact, we can do our exercises without taking time from our daily tasks and even do it without us thinking about it.
The chair is simply a balance ball with a frame to keep it from rolling away and dropping us on the floor. This still allows us to unconsciously exercise during work while providing safety that a plain yoga ball in the office cannot provide. In addition, the ball is removable so it can be used in other exercises.
In addition, the ball is removable, so it also allows us to use it like any other exercise ball to help us further improve our core.
The balanceball chair can be bought for $64.95 to $83.98 at many popular stores online.
Looking for a ball chair ergonomic style for your office? Check out our guide on how to use an exercise ball ergonomic chair before you buy one.
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