I Am Having Lower Back Pain While I Am Sitting Long For Work

Posted on Thu, 18 Feb 2021

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Question : Hello doctor,

I am working in IT field more than 2 years.
I am having lower back pain while i am sitting long for work.Even i can't able to sit on the floor continuously.I am having this issue after getting in to this job. I don't have any injury from my past. I am not taking any medicines. Pain comes while i am bend down continuously also.For the last 3 months i started doing some excercise for this.But i get relief for some time only.And want to know.... doing fillip for continuously.Is it affect me.

Thanks.

Answered by Dr. Aashish Raghu (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hi there

Thanks for the query

It is very common in IT people because of posture problems. Avoid bending forward or lifting heavy objects. After sitting for half an hour, get up, walk around and do back stretching exercises when you can. Look at YouTube videos for back stretching exercises.

Take pain killer like Paracetamol or Ibuprofen for pain relief. Apply heat in the form of hot water bag to get good relief.

Physiotherapy Is very important. Go for TENS therapy which will help you.

I hope I have answered your query.

I will be available to answer your follow up queries.

Regards,

Aashish Raghu

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj