Spinal health can be achieved and maintained by gentle stretching. Your spine supports all activity carried out by the body and is designed to move in six ways: bending forward and backwards, flexing to the left and right and rotating to the left and right.
Gently limber the body every day by stretching the spine in each of these positions as far as you are able. See your health practitioner if you have any specific conditions.
To relieve sore back muscles try using heat or the yoga position “Child’s Pose”. This can be achieved by kneeling, sitting back on your heels and gently bending at the waist so your forehead touches the ground. Magnesium and fish oils are also great for reducing inflammation. Amino acids and proteins will protect muscles and aid in protecting the muscles of the spine.
Calcium is important for spinal health to prevent osteoporosis, however, it is not the ‘be all, end all’. To be absorbed and transported properly, calcium needs Vitamin D, phosphorus and magnesium.
