| Introduction | | | | Nursing and back pain have become nearly |
| This article is to help nurses and carers with back pain | | | | synonymous as one study places the lifetime risk of |
| to give them alternatives with the practice of yoga. | | | | lower back pain for nurses as high as 90%. |
| Please bare in mind if you have concerns regarding | | | | With regard to neck and shoulder pain, your neck |
| your exercise programme please talk to your health | | | | (cervical spine) is aligned in a natural curve at the top |
| professional or doctor. | | | | of your spine. Damage to your neck's natural curve |
| Pain | | | | can cause severe neck pain. Your neck protects your |
| Nurses and carers with back pain are the subjects of | | | | spinal cord and spinal nerves, while supporting and |
| this study. Pain can occur in the sacroiliac joints (where | | | | balancing the weight of your head. Poor posture, wear |
| the sacrum connects to the pelvis), called sacroiliac | | | | and tear, injury, stress, and tension can strain and |
| joint dysfunction, and in the coccyx (tailbone), called | | | | damage vital parts of your neck, resulting in neck pain. |
| coccydynia. One study showed nursing students who | | | | Health |
| had back pain by the end of their first year in school; | | | | With back pain cases where the work absence is |
| this was before the students had patient contact. | | | | greater than six months creating 70% of worker |
| Nurses who had back pain in school were more likely | | | | compensation costs, back pain relief for nurses should |
| to have back pain during their nursing years. | | | | become a front burner issue for healthcare facilities. |
| Back pain with leg pain (sciatica) was linked with lifting, | | | | The information should NOT be used in place of visit |
| twisting and bent postures. Actual injuries only | | | | with your healthcare provider, nor should you disregard |
| accounted for a small number of nurses' back pain. | | | | the advice of your health care provider because of |
| The authors concluded it may be possible to predict | | | | any information you read in this topic. |
| which nurses will develop back pain during their early | | | | Educating nurses in how to prevent lower back injuries |
| years of nursing. It seems that pain and symptoms are | | | | in the workplace along with improving working |
| already present and get triggered or made worse | | | | conditions will allow healthcare facilities to realize |
| during school/work. | | | | significant savings in worker compensation costs as |
| While nurses work hard to relieve pain in others, | | | | well as provide a better working environment for |
| nurses with back pain and or sciatica are more | | | | nurses. |
| prevalent than workers in most other professions. | | | | |