Long hours in the office actually kill the back and then to add driving back home also tears your back. Backache is one of the common ill that is faced by younger generation. The lifestyles which we live have make this ailment worse. The guys who are deskbound face this critically.
Back being one of the most crucial and vital bone of the body is considered as the life bone of the human body. Back which constitutes of muscles, bones and elastic tissues, have a spine made up of twenty four block bones that lay one upon one.
It is the spine that holds all this bones straight and sees to it that it maintains the mobility of body.
As these bones are laid one upon another there can be friction between these bones. But thanks to the creation of god it has already protected the bones from friction with the help of inter-vertebral discs cushion that rest between the bony blocks. This avoid rubbing of the bones with each other.
Also these discs make the movements easy and acts as a shock absorbent for the back.
As our back is the one who keeps us stable, collapse and gets disturbed if we don’t take care of it. This complex structure suffers pain usually in the middle of the back or at the lower part of the back.
The pain then extends to both sides of waistline and hips.
Many of the back victims suffer from cervical or lumbar spondylitis. It is degenerative disorder in which the vertebral bone becomes soft and loses the shape. Which is turn results of loosing the flexibility.
Generally people intake huge medication to cure the back aches but neglect the proper diet. A proper diet is cure to all disease. Even if your doctor has prescribed you medication you need to feed your tummy in a right way so that he medication works.
Every ill limits you to certain food products and recommends food stuff that will be beneficial for your health.
An individual suffering from back pains should consume a lot of raw vegetables and fresh fruits.
Green diet that should preferably include carrots, cabbage, cucumber, radish, onion, lettuce, cauliflower, spinach.
Try to cut your meals in five intervals. They should spill the foods in the four meals.
Proteins and vitamin C are very important for the development of healthy bone matrix. Vitamin D, calcium, phosphorus are the vital elements for building the bones.
The diet chart that can be followed:
You have to remain on all fruit diet for at least three to five days. During this phase wrap your three meals with fresh fruit juices, fruits salads or just eat raw fruits. Fruits that should be preferably consumed are apple, pear, peach, pineapple, grapes, oranges and papaya.
1. Just on rising:
- Drink a glass of warm water with a half fresh squeezed lime and a teaspoonful of honey.
2. Breakfast:
- Eat fresh fruits like apple, pear, peach, pineapple, grapes, oranges and papaya.
- Consume a glass of milk sweetened with honey.
3. Lunch:
Take in a bowl of freshly prepared steamed vegetables that will include carrot, cabbage, cauliflower, squash and beans with two or three whole wheat chapattis.
4. Mid afternoon:
- Sip a glass of vegetable juice or fruit juice.
5. Dinner:
- Grab fresh bowl of fresh green vegetables salad that will include lettuce, carrot, cabbage, cucumber, tomatoes, radish, red beets, onion and sprouts like alfalfa, mung beans dressed with lemon juice.
Things that have to be strictly avoided:
Tea- Coffee
- Sugar
- White flour
- All products made from sugar, replace it with honey.
- All the refined foods
- Fried foods.
- Fatty substances.
- Curd
- Flesh foods.
- Condiments and pickles.
Some more other way to stay away from backache:
- Perform some safe exercise like walking, swimming and bicycling.
- Shed away from all the fatty substance which will control weight.
- Sleep sound on firm mattress.
- Prefer neck and shoulder exercise.
- Opt for yoga which is peaceful way to eliminate illness. Yoga asanas like bhujangasana, shalabhasana, halasana, uttanpadasana and shavasana.
“To insure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.”- William Londen.
