Controversy. There is oftentimes
controversy in medicine. Controversy can also move medicine toward
clarity. Such is the case of flexed lifting
and its impact on your spine. Your Tonawanda chiropractor
cautions Tonawanda back pain patients to cautiously
bend, lift and twist as these spur low back pain for
lots of us. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation still does. Recent studies describe
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 examined
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 wasn’t a determining factor
for people with and without low back pain. These studies were
not specific as to categories of people. They studied
two types of people: those with and those without back pain. (1)
Other studies studied specific types
of people.
FLEXION LIFTING: INFLUENTIAL FOR WORKERS
Researchers decided that the result
of forward bending on low back pain depended on the type
of job, gender and other such particular factors of workers.
They noticed that construction workers’ experience of low back pain
was not influenced by the amount of
time they spent bending forward. They found that
healthcare workers’ experience of low back pain was altered by
the angle of forward bending (more than or equal to 30 degrees prompted
low back pain while over 60 degree did not). (2) Warehouse
workers’ experience of low back pain is influenced by their
lifting capacity and psychosocial work environment. Researchers questioned 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 help
prevent low back pain and reduce stress. (3) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
works to ensure our work environment is stress-less and low-back-pain-reducing
for everyone, our staff and our Tonawanda chiropractic patients alike!
CONTACT Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
Listen to this PODCAST
by Dr. Victor Shu on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. He shares
how The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management attained
relief for a construction worker with low back pain whose job surely taxes
his spine!
Schedule a back-pain-relieving Tonawanda
chiropractic care appointment with Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation. Controversy aside, low back
pain attributable to work environments that require
flexion bending and lifting can be well-managed at
Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation.
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