7 Weird Ways to Prevent Back Pain  

1. Stop Smoking.

We all know smoking is bad for our health; however, most people fail to understand that smoking has a very real and very negative effect on your back. The nicotine in cigarettes restricts the flow of blood to spinal discs that cushion your vertebrae and increases the rate of degeneration.

Smoking also reduces calcium absorption and prevents new bone growth, which leaves you vulnerable to osteoporosis and slower healing after fractures. And if that weren’t enough, the constant “smoker’s cough” causes your body to suddenly lunge and spasm, which causes back pain as well.

2. Get More Calcium & Vitamin D.

Speaking of osteoporosis, strong bones can prevent this disease from occurring -- a good thing, because osteoporosis is a leading cause of back pain later in life. The best way to ensure a strong, healthy spine is to increase your calcium and vitamin D intake.

You can find calcium easily enough, in foods like milk, yogurt, leafy greens and vitamin supplements. Vitamin D is found in fatty fish, eggs, mushrooms, cheese and beef liver.

3. Change Your Sleep Position.

Generally speaking, there are some optimal sleeping positions you should try if you experience (or want to avoid) back pain.

Try sleeping on your side with your knees pulled up slightly toward your chest. If you’re a back-sleeper, put a pillow under your knees and another under your lower back.

Sleeping on your stomach is not recommended as it can be especially hard on your back. If you can’t sleep any other way, though, place a pillow under your hips.

4. Avoid High Heels.

High heels may be fun and fashionable footwear, but there’s a dark side to those stilettos. Wearing heels causes the lower back to arch more than normal because the body weight is pushed forward. Your upper body then must lean back to compensate for your compromised balance, putting additional stress on your discs.

This shift in your center of gravity can lead to muscle spasms and chronic back pain.

5. Don't Sit on a Fat Wallet.

Ah, the classic “dad wallet” -- you can picture one now, can’t you? A fat leather wallet stuffed with cash, value member club cards, credit cards and whatever else can fit in there. And keeping that fat wallet in your back pocket is a big reason so many men experience back pain.

These fat wallets cause you to sit unevenly and actually compresses one side of your back.

More specifically, it compresses the piriformis muscle -- a muscle deep in the buttock behind the gluteus maximus which functions to externally rotate your hip when walking, which irritates the sciatic nerve.

A back pocket wallet may also compress several of the sciatic nerve roots exiting the lower back, resulting in pain down the back of the thigh, calf and foot, as well as pain when walking up stairs.

6. Use a Natural "Rub".

The pain you feel in your lower back may very well be a response to your body not receiving the nutrients it requires to operate smoothly.

Consider using a topical rub that emphasizes natural healing nutrients to get rid of pesky aches, pains and soreness.

Mounting clinical studies show that a natural muscle & joint relief rub actually works better than non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like Advil or Motrin.

7. Ditch Your Office Chair.

I’ve said it for years: if your back pain is killing you, your office chair is the weapon.

That’s because if you have a job that forces you to sit for hours at a time, your back is being destroyed by old, outdated technology that fails to grasp what we now know about the human body.

Your standard office chair (yes, even the really expensive one with the leather arms and the mesh back) causes you to lose mobility and curve your lower spine until it caves in and quits on you.

Your abs and core go soft.

You hunch.

And over time, it only gets worse and worse.

You need to engage your lower spine, pelvis and core.

You need to sit in an athletic position that contours to your body’s natural movements. And you need something that is actually comfortable, not some fad like a standing desk or physioball you use for a week and get sick of.

Are you sitting on outdated technology?

I took my 20+ years of chiropractic expertise and used it to change the modern chair as we know it.

I got rid of the static seat that connects to an inflexible base and replaced it with a moving saddle that keeps your hips, pelvis and back in motion as you engage your core.

I threw out the one-piece back design and developed something that will offer unrivaled lumbar support so that you never have to hunch, slouch and lean through your day again.

And I made something that is guaranteed to last, so you don’t have to constantly replace cheap products from office supply stores.

In short, I made the world’s most advanced chair.

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While other skin care and makeup companies carry “anti-aging” products, BOOM! is the only company that is “PRO-AGE.” And we are not the only ones who think age is beautiful.

Jennifer Aniston believes in aging gracefully and not overdoing it on the makeup. When asked by Self Magazine what is in her purse when she leaves for the day, she said, “Boomstick Color: It’s an all-in-one stain for eyes, cheeks and lips that’s so much fun.”

“There is this pressure in Hollywood to be ageless,” said Aniston. “I also understand that age is kind of awesome... Don’t over-product — that’s the other thing.”

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Dr. Dennis Colonello (D.C.) is the team Chiropractor for the Los Angeles Clippers and has treated dozens of A-list celebrities. He’s seen patients with all kinds of ailments caused by poor posture. His input helped us craft this revolutionary chair with better health for everyone in mind.

When is comes to chair design, Jim Grove is the person to contact as he has been behind the intricate design of office chairs that stand apart from any other chairs on the market. He and his company, Designworks USA, have provided design, engineering, and analysis for major companies - including BMW.

Together they are a powerhouse of knowledge and experience which allowed us to bring together the best of the best in health, luxury and durability with ALL33’s BackStrong C1.

Long before Cindy founded BOOM!, she had two very successful careers—first as a makeup artist, and then as a silver-haired supermodel.

Cindy began her 27-year career as a makeup artist in San Francisco in the late ’70s, working for Macy’s, Esprit de Corp and others. It was there she pioneered the first “natural look” for women— which would later become the inspiration for our Boom cosmetics.

At age 49, Cindy let her hair go gray, and just like that, she was spotted on a New York sidewalk by a scout for the fashion photographer Steven Miesel and began her career as a silver-haired supermodel. Over the next two decades, she was featured in ads for Target, L.L. Bean, Dolce & Gabbana, DKNY, Olay, Nivea and others.

In her early 60s, she went into the cosmetics business herself with BOOM! After nearly three decades as a makeup artist, Cindy wanted to create the exact cosmetics she would want in her own makeup kit. As a silver-haired supermodel, she wanted to design a line of cosmetics that was not about hiding, but was about revealing a woman’s natural beauty at every age. We are proud to say: she succeeded. The overall effect is a dewy, natural look that’s ideal for every age.

Cindy’s pro-age legacy lives on in the hundreds of thousands of women worldwide who follow her pro-age philosophy, and wear Boom cosmetics and skin care.

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We care about making our products safe and healthy for you—and our planet. That’s why we use no extra packaging, no parabens or phthalates. We also never test our products on animals.

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