Decreasing Low Back Pain While Driving

Seat inclination, use of lumbar support and low-back pain of taxi drivers. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2005 Aug;31(4):258-65. Chen JC, Dennerlein JT, Chang CC, Chang WR, Christiani DC. AbstractOBJECTIVES:Epidemiologic evidence supporting optimal seating is limited and inconsistent. This cross-sectional study was conducted to examine the association between seat inclination, use of lumbar support, and … Read more

Preventing Low Back Pain on Airline Flights

Lessons from this study make up what I think is about a third of the solution to effectively treating low back pain preventing future episodes of back pain.  That is, to avoid prolonged damaging posture particularly in spine flexion. Using a pneumatic support to correct sitting posture for prolonged periods: a study using airline seats. Ergonomics. … Read more