Controversy. There’s always
controversy in medicine. Controversy can also move medicine to
clarity. Such is the case of lifting in a flexed position
and its impact on your spine. Your Burlington and Hamilton chiropractor
cautions Burlington and Hamilton back pain patients to carefully
bend, lift and twist as these initiate low back pain for
lots of us. Spinal Care Clinic still does. New studies explain
more about the effects of flexion and lifting on the spine and its experience
of back pain.
FLEXION LIFTING: NO INFLUENCE
The latest research study analyzed
several studies about the impact lumbar spine
flexion has and its impact
on low back pain onset/persistence. Researchers found that
lumbar spine flexion lifting was not a determining factor
for people with and without low back pain. These investigations were
not specific as to types of people. They studied
two kinds of people: those with and those without back pain. (1)
Other studies looked at specific types
of people.
FLEXION LIFTING: INFLUENTIAL FOR WORKERS
Researchers concluded that the effect
of forward bending on low back pain is determined by on the kind
of job, gender and other such specific factors of workers.
They noticed that construction workers’ experience of low back pain
was not influenced by the quantity of
time they were bending forward. They discovered that
healthcare workers’ experience of low back pain was altered by
the angle of forward bending (more than or equal to 30 degrees triggered
low back pain while over 60 degree did not). (2) Warehouse
workers’ experience of low back pain is affected by their
lifting capacity and psychosocial work environment. Researchers asked workers via text about their low back
pain, mental stress, and bodily fatigue over the course of 3 weeks and again
at one year. They anticipated that a
better design of the work week (work days vs rest days) and a set
reasonable maximum lifting threshold per day will assist in preventing low back pain and lessen stress. (3) Spinal Care Clinic
works to ensure our work environment is stress-less and low-back-pain-reducing
for everyone, our staff and our Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic patients alike!
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Listen to this PODCAST
by Dr. Victor Shu on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. He describes
how The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management attained
relief of low back pain for a
construction worker whose job surely taxes
his spine!
Schedule a back-pain-relieving Burlington and Hamilton
chiropractic care appointment with Spinal Care Clinic. Controversy aside, low back
pain attributable to work environments that require
flexion bending and lifting can be well-managed at
Spinal Care Clinic.
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