How to Sit Pain-Free in Your Vehicle When You Have Back Pain/Sciatica

[@dcat2004]

I use the pillow you guys suggested (a few weeks back) when getting out of car. I turn to left and get both legs out, lift. This is also the way ladies getting out of vehicle with dress/skirt on. Great tips! Excellent tips! 👍🏻

[@ByDesign333]

I like the way you guys think. Best physical therapists on the internet...imo of course.🏆 Shared this with my son who is a sherrif's deputy...always telling others about you. (Rehurt my almost healed rotory cuff by reaching into my back seat...😖) 👍👍👍

[@lisad2701]

I don't know if Bob and Brad are the "Two Most Famous Physical Therapists on the Internet" but they sure ARE the cutest!

[@jbednar088]

Very helpful guys. I’ve watched about every video concerning disc injury, which I’m currently experiencing. Unfortunately I’m not able to take time off, working in the ER during these covid times, and this has truly helped me out of a lot of pain

[@trelligan42]

Steering wheel: I find that I change my grip according to traffic conditions; staying in a lane on a highway gives a lot more flexibility than stop&go on city streets. It's also useful to shift positions to prevent stiffness. Even angling one shoulder slightly forward for a few moments can relieve stress if done occasionally - and on both sides!

[@dna2085]

Hey i am from india. I was searching this video for long as my marriage is near and i have to travel for about three hours to my in laws home and i was so worried how i will travel with all the guests. Here in india bride have to go to there in laws at the day of wedding. My inlaws place is realy very far from my house. Thank you Bob and Brad.

[@ladypenelope99]

Hey guys, any chance you could do a video on appropriate sitting positions while working from home? Ever since lockdown, I’ve been glued to a dining chair while trying to work from my laptop and my back is really beginning to suffer! Any tips to help ease it please, in terms of how to sit and perhaps exercises I can do through the day during breaks? Cheers!

[@fortytwocrayons3485]

My biggest problem is with headrest pushing my head forward and the back of the seat being too curved in. It is so uncomfortable and I live doing neck stretches and upper back stretches. I don’t know if the headrests are designed for taller people (I am only 5’2”) or just poorly designed.

[@daliab8493]

omg! thank you for this comment! my thoughts exactly!!! (i'm also 5'2"). i actually angle the seat back a bit for this reason. i also have the seats with the back/bum warmer and it feels nice to keep the muscles warm. i also sometimes use a memory foam horseshoe neck pillow. :)

[@christinakinnear8239]

the way they make car seats these days kills the neck and back. i drive a 1990 chevy truck and the seat and headrest is straight. perfect. thank you for this video. if i need to drive mom’s car, i’ll roll up my towels ❤️. # why the hell do headrests point forward anyway 😡

[@aizhol]

I don't know about cars, but airplane seats made so uncomfortable for safety reasons, to do least damage to the body during the collision.

[@cjtoler9726]

Good question about the headrests.

[@juliem1116]

Right? the headrests are crazy making! I think they are designed for .men who are on computers all day. The curved seat plus headrest pushing my head forward are so uncomfortable.

[@christinakinnear8239]

@@juliem1116 Ya I actually took mine off and threw it in the floor !! Now I can also see perfectly behind me. 😁👌

[@saurabhkesharwani6143]

Very useful and good information! 👍🏼 Thank you! 🙂

[@tnijoo5109]

Press ups. 🤔 I will learn what these are.

[@ciararyan9805]

Thanks for this excellent video. Can you share tips on best way to sit as a passenger in a car for a long journey. I'm dreading this 4 hr journey and wondering should I sit in back with legs pulled into chest or out extending across back seats? My sciatica is unbearable but I have no alternative for this journey. Please help! 🙏

[@aceperez6619]

I really do like your intro guys

[@Marie-ts8rp]

Excellent so very much appreciated Bob & Brad thanks🤗😎

[@MiguelCam18]

These guys are great!

[@BobandBrad]

Glad you think so!

[@brendacardenas1420]

Thank you so much your videos have help me a lot God bless you guys !!!!

[@sammo6950]

Great videos as usual guys but it would of been even better doing this particular video in a car outdoors a little different from what we're used to love the videos anyway blessings 🙏 guys.

[@sandrahanshaw5700]

I have idiopathic scoliosis, lumbar spinal stenosis, herniated disc, sciatica. How do I address exercises, sitting in a car, chair, etc. to help decrease pain

[@sugarraynay4153]

I got a built in lumbar (big butt) and I use the lumbar on my seat , never had so much pain before since this past month

[@mantyshub90]

Donyou still have pain.. im worried because indrive for a living

[@karlemmons9373]

Bob and Brad - My issue is that pain starts to form in my butt at two points and then it starts to go down my legs - is this Sciatica? After driving in my car it acts up bad. Pain can go down the right side of my right leg or left, on the inside up to my knee. I do have a disc issue lower back, #5.

[@444Relaxing]

Which was the first flat McKenzie pad you were showing?. I would like to buy that

[@dartanion436]

Make sure your lumbar and the cars lumbar support line up correctly. Not every seat or person is the same. This is true for office chairs, if you sit in a chair and the lumbar support is too high or too low it will not help.

[@mamediorndiaye8027]

The tens help a lot while sitting in a car..

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

Nobody uses the 10/2 position anymore and haven't for years! They recommend 4/8 now because of driver airbags now. :) At 10/2, airbags broke bones in the arms and shoulders. Yeah you'll live, but you'll be suffering some kind of way. :P

[@aliensdoggies382]

I live an hour away from anywhere and have literally walked into my friends house while visiting, dropped to the floor and did pressups. I refuse to care what anybody thinks. I am tired of being in pain all the time.

[@sugarraynay4153]

Should I angle my seat upwards or keep it horizontal at a good 45•

[@TLForsberg]

Can you please do a video talking about sports cars and bucket seats for people with herniated discs? is a wedge recommended underneath the but as well as the Mackenzie roll to even out the leg?

[@BobandBrad]

We'll add it to our to-do list, thanks for the suggestion.

[@kimserio8317]

how did you guys know i was having this specific problem? I drove down to Corpus Christi from Lubbock and I kept trying to take breaks and walk around but my hip still got really sore. After a few days of a bit of walking and stretching, its finally feeling a bit better.

[@dianemarie8873]

Also, in this day and age of airbags, "10 & 2" is too high, so lower is better because of that as well as better for your back/shoulders.

[@Larry-py6pz]

Out of topic, is it okay to play basketball if you have L4/L5 disc desiccation?

[@Bitachon]

*Right...right...right...right...*

[@christiankylejackson3017]

You guys amazing

[@meenanaranjee4257]

Hello. Kindly advise if this sitting method can be used by people who suffer with herniated discs

[@mikearchibald744]

Most sciatica is from herniated discs. Driving is just painful for me, not so much for the sitting but holding down the gas pedal because my car doesn't have cruise control. Driving is the bane of my existence.

[@stanhensley3082]

Sit Bob sit !!

[@gtrance3567]

Lumbar support did not help me, but did aggravate stenosis.

[@mantyshub90]

I drive for a living stleast 6 hrs aday.. does this mean i cant do it anymore...im on week 7 of no driving or sitting snd my l5s1 herniation is still the same as dsy 1

[@drkrunalpatelortho]

Great

[@zackblack5400]

Hey guys i have a big problem, i cant flex my abs, everytime i do I feel all the pressure on the lower part of ribs, right above the abs. What do i do?

[@Bitachon]

*Who's hardly driving now?!*

[@andielliott7721]

I have got to make a 24 hour drive...with Sciatica. Not looking forward to it.

[@llewodcm20]

3:18 for some out of context lols

[@nadianasro9898]

What about driving a scooter?

[@pitbullwinkle]

bad car designs in the modern day. horrible seats designs and close " wrap around" interiors are horrid.

[@mykalsarakula3652]

oh lord wont u buy me a mercedess BENZ..JANIS JOPLIN 70S...i dont have a car..i have a mercedes lumbar seat..but no benz..wat should i do..huh.

[@sugarraynay4153]

mykal sarakula 😭