Many women used to carrying a big bag as a travel-bag. Perhaps, it looks very stylish, but it is becoming a lumbar spine killer of modern career woman. A person’s spine is like a tower crane. If the left is bearing weight, spine will bend to the left. In order to maintain the balance of the spine, the spinal muscles of human body will take the initiative contract in the right side. As the different force of right and left sides, the right muscles will produce several times force than the left forces.
If the left shoulder is carrying 5 kg weight, the right side of the muscles may have to produce 15 to 20 kg of force in order to maintain the body’s balance, which will eventually pressure to the lumbar spine. In addition, women often wear high heels. Over times, it will speed up the lower back strain.
Because of work characteristics, such as computer, pour over work, women have always been high-risk groups suffering the problem of lumbar cervical. As the growing popularity of big handbags, which are filled with laptop computers, mobile phones, cosmetics, documents, etc., it will enable professional women overwhelmed the lumbar spine.
In addition to the increasingly heavy handbags, the belts of the handbags have also become increasingly long. This ultra-long straps are also making some health problems to many people’s neck, shoulders and back. In this regard, the experts suggest that those women who like to carry big handbags should have the correct way if can not “burden reduction”.