Key Tip To Reduce Low Back Pain, Sciatica, Leg Pain And Neck Pain While Driving

Driving means prolonged sitting and often bad posture, incl. slouching. This strains your tissues and causes lower back pain, contraction of the piriformis, buttock pain, compression of the sciatic nerve. Sometimes, it can even lead to a disc hernia!

There are different reasons why people slouch in the car. But a simple one is this: if your toes point sideways, so does your knee, which will make you slouch. Just reorient your toes and you'll be safe.

To help you keeping your toes pointing upwards, you will need to adjust your car seat, in part. the seat pan angle. This will help support your thighs, and thereby avoid that they fall sideways.



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[DirtyCatBox]

Oh, my god. I think you might have solved my 25 year problem. I'm going to work on this immediately. Thanks so, so, so much.

[adsadsaddFQ]

This is game changer. As a forklift operator my food naturally was slipping to the outside and that gave me horrible muscle pain. Just by getting into habit of having it straight with toes poiting up I eliminated all problems! Thank you so much.

[TheSferfan]

Allo Olivier! I’ve had a Subaru Crosstrek for 1.5 years now and I get bad pain in both knees and sometimes calves as well, after driving for not even 5 minutes…always starts to hurt after my short drive..my car has manual seats, only going up/down & forward/backward..it doesn’t matter what position I’m in, results are always the same..I’ve tried every foam cushion, lumbar support, rear seat jackers to change the angle, nothing helps. I don’t get this with any other car I’ve ever driven, only the Subaru. I am 5’11”, 180lbs physically fit in my mid 40’s. Merci pour prendre de ton temps pour faire ces vidéos!!

[DarthRaver-ogqq]

Thank you so much!! Im a truck driver and i regularly drive 9.5 hours a day and recently my back pain was terrible. I went to bed one night perfectly fine and woke up 8 hours later in so much pain i almost couldnt walk.

[sevakstepanyan]

Спасибо! Все это время пытался понять, почему начинает болеть спина, и правда, все дело ног, надо правильно ставить ногу!

[riyadhalshehri]

Thank you very mush for this helpful information

[Zilron]

Wow, this is amazing, so helpful, definitely going to try this.

[PETVET]

Amazing information. Now I knew what’s the right way to sit while driving, I was slouching too. Thanks a lot Olivier. 👍

[CauseAlarm]

Could you do a video on tips for knee pain that is constant and how to get rid of it or minimize it?
Thanks

[fcangunal]

Merci Olivier for the recommendation. Ill try and keep you posted

[tnijoo]

I think I might try using washcloths and towels to support the sides of my legs and my back and change the neck support. Maybe I can see them together when I figure out the right spots. Has anyone done this? I ordered a bunch of different things and they felt awkward and one made my sciatica even worse.

Also, thanks for the video!! Hope you do more like this.

[rrfirefly]

Great advice. As I watched this I thought of all the old cars and trucks that did not have seat angle adjustments (as shown here). How did people long ago deal with the pain driving a vehicle when there was no way to bring the seat up to meet the leg's underside?

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[shabeerjameela]

bought a BMW G20 recently (right hand drive) and the accelerator pedals are slightly offset to the right. Even driving for 10 mins is causing sore right hip joint (like a pinch when I get out of the car) and right buttock (a soreness when I get out of the car). And if I keep going for longer say 1 hour plus then I end up with pain on right side of lower back by next day. Did try some of these things based on other research, but this video summarises well and serve as a refresher to follow specific steps. Let me try this and see if make any difference. Meanwhile 1) the fact that the soreness is triggering even with 10 mins drive suggest an deeper issue or could it just be the posture? 2) any suggestions on whether lower seat position or higher seat position will give legs the best possible angle to work with offset accelerator pedals. I've been trying both high and low and is trying to figure out which one works better.

[steveniddon]

Wow, that perfectly describes the problem I'm having that's causing excruciating pain in my clutching foot. My car doesn't have the lower seat adjustments though, would you recommend any further advice for me?

[RyanJones]

Thank you for making this video. I once heard of a truck driver who invented a device that kept his legs together while driving. Do you know what it is called?

[Shiroishi_Hajime]

Please help me, I beg of you.

I sit in a low sports car. I have the ability to adjust my seat in any way (low, high, etc). I have been struggling for over a year trying to find a comfortable seating position that does not cause right knee pain. I have tried cushions, sitting high in my car, I went to a chiropractor, a physical therapist, etc, nothing works. Outside of driving, the pain is never present. Right now, I have the front of my horizontal seat cushion all the way down, and the rear of it up to make it less like a bucket seat. What should I do? I do tend to drive with both my legs outwards like in this video. People are telling me that I should sit with my hips at the same level as my knees, but this makes it hard to drive such a low car. Please help.

[zoebinggeli]

Hy Olivier, I have a quick question: I am a student and often study in the library as I have difficulties to concentrate at home. In the library I have a wooden chair with adjustable height, and I often suffer from backpain or pain in the arms after a long day of study. What are the things I can do to improve my posture with the given fourniture? What should I be specially careful of?
Thank you so much, I think many other students will be able to relate :)

[Perich]

I'm a Truck Driver, I hope this work, sadly the seats in our trucks don't tilt like this car does.

[pro_capitalism]

I have pain in my knee on left side due to car clutch pressing how can I stop this