Dear Esther,
I am a swimmer, overall excelent health, only have some muscle / back pain due to bad posture with my laptop at work
I recently bought a bench to stretch my back (see attached).
it feels good when i use this bench, but a friend thinks that although this bench stretches the back, he is not sure if it is a good idea, because it bends the back backwards, and might add pressure between the vertebraes
I think it bends the back only slightly backwards and the benefits of the decompression on one side outweighs any minor compression on the other
I would greatly appreciate your opinion, at least to know if I this not recommended at all and I should stop immediately or just the usual common sense recommendation, do with moderation, following the instructions..etc
thank you!
Luis
I am a swimmer, overall excelent health, only have some muscle / back pain due to bad posture with my laptop at work
I recently bought a bench to stretch my back (see attached).
it feels good when i use this bench, but a friend thinks that although this bench stretches the back, he is not sure if it is a good idea, because it bends the back backwards, and might add pressure between the vertebraes
I think it bends the back only slightly backwards and the benefits of the decompression on one side outweighs any minor compression on the other
I would greatly appreciate your opinion, at least to know if I this not recommended at all and I should stop immediately or just the usual common sense recommendation, do with moderation, following the instructions..etc
thank you!
Luis
7 min 28 sec ago
09/10/2008 - 8:36pm
If it's a stretch you are looking for, focus on stretches that lengthen you back and front, like hanging from a bar, or lying on an inversion table, or just stretchsitting and stretchlying. That way you get benefit without any downside.