I Need Some Rest
Posted on February 5, 2008
Filed Under back pain |
Image from WikipediaBack pain can be really hard on sleep. It can hurt lying on your back and your stomach. The pain makes it hard to get to sleep, and once you do, it makes it hard to stay asleep. It doesn’t take long to get exhausted. Some people think you should stay in bed when you have back pain, but that’s not true. You need to get enough rest, but you don’t want to stay in bed past 3 days.
The problem with lying in bed too long is that it can actually make your back hurt worse. The human body is meant to move and it needs to in order to stay flexible. People in the hospital who can’t walk or lie in bed for weeks lose muscle power rapidly. In fact, it doesn’t take long before muscles get useless from lack of motion. So when you have back pain, you have to keep doing your normal activities even though it hurts. Staying in bed will only make your muscles weaker which can make the pain stronger.
// Melwin
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