If you’re suffered from a backache, we recommend you to sleep on the tatami.

Recently, people who are sitting in front of a PC in the office for a long time
by the job are increased.
Even it’s happened in Japan.
It’s also happened in Western and Asia, isn’t it?

In Japan, so many people are suffered from a backache by desk works for a long time.

If you’re suffered from a backache, we recommend you to sleep on the tatami.
One of a Japanese baseball player said he used the
“tatami”
for his recovery after a game.

Since this player damaged his back, he has slept on a futon putted on the tatami in spite of a bed by a recommendation from his acquaintance.
When he goes to a tour, he removes a bed and put the tatami brought by himself at the hotel.

And he does stretches on the tatami.
The tatami is soft and springy so that it’s good to do stretches and yoga on it.

It’s thickness and feeling like a yoga mat.
He can do stretches on the tatami before sleeping, and he can do stretches immediately after waking up.

Sports science field proceed researches for training and recovery ways of sports athletes,
and most players adopts the newest methods.

But on the other hand, like this Japanese professional baseball player,
some players use Japanese traditional life-style and culture to maintain their conditions.

Source of photo: http://www.sponichi.co.jp/baseball/news/2017/02/14/kiji/20170214s00001173071000c.html

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