Lower back pain can be caused by a number of factors but the more common problems are posture, injury caused through an accident, sciatica and, increasingly, from the constant walking on hard ground, particularly in the workplace. Back pain is one of the main reasons for time taken off work and it’s one of the hardest conditions to deal with without the use of drugs and pain killers. So how do Sole-Mates® liquid orthotic insoles help?
Posture:
When we walk we tend to ‘slouch’. This is because the arch of the foot isn’t properly supported and it drops, pulling our body out of line. The problem here is that the head which weighs around quarter of our body weight, is no longer in line and it’s weight, instead of pressing down through the spine into our feet, is pulling forward, putting stress on the muscles of the lower back which strain the keep us upright. When you stand on Sole-Mates® insoles, your bodyweight puts pressure on the fluid and pushes it into the arch, supporting it and immediately corrects your posture. You feel taller and your posture is improved and the stress on the lower back is reduced.
Accident injury/sciatica / walking on hard ground:
It is properties of a liquid which make Sole-Mates® different from foam or gel insoles and why they are so effective. Very simply it took over 50,000 years of evolution that enabled us to come down from a tree and learn to walk around on bare feet on grass. Grass is soft as is soil, so when we walk on it, much of the energy we generate is absorbed into the ground. Nowadays we spend most of our lives walking on hard flat surfaces like concrete and tarmac. Even in the home we’ve been encouraged to take our carpets and instead we walk on wooden, laminate or tiled floors. Because the surfaces are solid, the energy, instead of been absorbed comes back up through the body, effecting our joints and causing shock to the lower back causing severe pain in many cases.
Because fluid isn’t solid, it ‘gives’ as we walk. As the heel hits the ground, the energy is absorbed into the fluid pushing it across the bottom of the foot and vice versa as the ball of the foot comes down onto the ground. This is simple energy transference from our foot into the fluid. This means that the energy coming up through our joints and into the spine is significantly reduced, helping to reduce pain even to people whose back pain has been caused through accident as well as helping to reduce the ‘pinching’ of the nerve caused by sciatica. For most people the pain relief is immediate!