Dr. Dudum explains how stress on the spine leads to increased rate of bone growth, arthritis and dysfunction. Every single day we are putting stress and negative forces into our spines. Traumatic events such as a car accident or traumatic fall. But more changeable events like sitting in a chair, looking down at your phone or reading your favorite amazon book on the couch. This may seem obvious, but if you're curious the science behind it, check it out! 

EPISODE 22 TAKEAWAYS:

1. What is Wollf's law regarding the spine and bone formation! The more stress on our spine.
2. What causes stress on the spine? Car accidents? Posture strain such as looking at your phone, or the way you sit in a chair, and possibly the way you fall asleep at night.
3. How does gravity affect Wollf's law and cause more stress on your spine and increase risk of arthritis and disc herniations. Why do people traveling in space have less back pain and feel taller?
4. How to destress your spine and slow down the stress on your spine. Cat cow exercises are great to floss the spine. Brining knee to chest exercises help improve flexion of the lumbar spine relieve pressure. The other exercise is to do fall back squats in a chair, to build up the posterior chain.

You can try these today to decrease the daily stress on your spine.

The Back at it with Dr. Decompression is presented by Dr. JD Dudum. Dr. Dudum operates one of the largest Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression clinics in the country. Watch this podcast stream to learn clinical pearls, take home tips and so much more from Dr. Dudum's 15 years of clinical experience working with back pain patients.

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