What happens to Your Back in a car seat?
This is based on conventional wisdom about an S-shaped spine being normal and healthy. An unhealthy amount of built-in lumbar support in a carseat. My experience is that it causes extra curvature in the spine, tight back muscles, degenerated discs, and arthritic changes in the vertebrae.
What’s the name of the head restraint in a car?
The degree seems to get worse with the years. Headrests now have a new official name, which is “head restraint.” They are shaped to stick far enough out that the head is resting against the headrest and would not have any space in which to whip backward in the event of a collision.
How does a car seat affect your shoulders?
Shoulder positioning. You may find that the “bolsters” in your carseat get in the way of placing your shoulders back. The bolsters add considerable horizontal curve to this seat upright, and prevent the arms and shoulders from resting back beside the torso.
How to modify your car seat for a pain free ride?
Now pad the central portion of the backrest so that the headrest works to rest your head against. Elongate your neck in any of the five ways described in 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back, and “hook” the back of your head against the headrest so your neck is getting a gentle stretch. Setting the bottom back in the seat.
This is based on conventional wisdom about an S-shaped spine being normal and healthy. An unhealthy amount of built-in lumbar support in a carseat. My experience is that it causes extra curvature in the spine, tight back muscles, degenerated discs, and arthritic changes in the vertebrae.
Shoulder positioning. You may find that the “bolsters” in your carseat get in the way of placing your shoulders back. The bolsters add considerable horizontal curve to this seat upright, and prevent the arms and shoulders from resting back beside the torso.
Now pad the central portion of the backrest so that the headrest works to rest your head against. Elongate your neck in any of the five ways described in 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back, and “hook” the back of your head against the headrest so your neck is getting a gentle stretch. Setting the bottom back in the seat.
The degree seems to get worse with the years. Headrests now have a new official name, which is “head restraint.” They are shaped to stick far enough out that the head is resting against the headrest and would not have any space in which to whip backward in the event of a collision.