Prolonged sitting puts max stress on spine: Expert

The spinal column of the human body comprises of roughly eight per cent of the total bones and is the body’s ‘backbone’, forming the axial or the central skeleton.

A majority of activities involve bending forward, either at torso or neck level. This simple act can often lead to imbalance between the flexion and the extension forces, causing increased degeneration over time.

There has been a sharp dip in outdoor activities over the past few decades, adding to the problems.

In today’s time, the maximum stress on the spine comes from prolonged sitting. A trivial forward bend is enough to slip the disc out and cause shooting pains, leading to morbidity or loss of productivity for extended periods. Preventive strengthening of the spinal column is the need of the hour.

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