How To Get The Natural Curves Back In Your Spine To Improve Posture And Reduce Neck and Back Pain

If you have neck pain or back pain there’s a really good chance that you have lost the natural curves in your spine.

When you were born you were curled into a rounded-back position.

In a little while you began to stretch your arms and legs and rolled over and arched your back in the opposite direction of that birth position.  You pushed up with your arms and lifted your head.  Why?

You were getting the muscles around your spine and torso ready to walk!  You were creating the natural curves in your back that you needed.

So now you have back or neck pain because you’re losing those natural curves but bodies heal all the time.

It’s important for you to know this.  Bodies are always changing and they CAN and DO change for the better!

And you have all the equipment you need right now to make this happen.  You have MUSCLES!

I saw an advertisement for a product that was designed to help people get the natural curves back into their spines.  It’s called the Posture Pump.  You might want to look at the ad just to see how your spine is supposed to move and how the curves should be.  It has some good pictures of unhappy spines.

The ad talks about using the pump to hydrate the disks in your spine.  That means the disks will be more fluid-filled and healthier.  And when your posture is better, you will have less neck and back pain.

But…

Since you have MUSCLES…and you were built to USE those muscles…here’s another option.

Lay in bed, on your back, and “lift” your waist toward the ceiling.  That moves the spine, disks and muscles; it helps relax the soft tissues and hydrate the disks.  Lift your waist in a rhythmic way, as you inhale.  Lift, inhale.  Relax, exhale. Get a rhythm going as you do this over and over.

If you pay close attention, you will discover that your head is gently rocking as you lift your waist.  What does that mean?  It means your cervical spine–your neck–is also moving.

Lifting your waist creates movement in your whole spine and everything which is attached to it.  (Which is all of the rest of your body!)

And, simply breathing–filling your lungs–will cause your chin to tilt up and down.  This won’t have as much of an impact on your lower back as lifting your waist will, but breathing in a deliberate manner helps relax the muscles and soft tissues of your neck.

By using these simple ways to move your spine, you can start to get the natural curves back in your spine.  This will help you improve your posture and help relieve your back pain and neck pain.