Tonawanda Back Pain-Preventing Lifting Techniques
Lifting an object off the ground seems like a simple task for most folks. It is a task we do every day mostly without question. Clients at Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation share these kinds of stories daily about how hard it is to pick something up off the ground or how getting a simple pencil up off the ground precipitated the worst back pain. Our Tonawanda chiropractic patients share common stories like this! Strengthening the quads with exercise as part of our chiropractic services, and lifting slowly and with a few hints in mind can help minimize stress on the spine.
LIFTING TECHNIQUES
When it comes to posture, lifting is a renowned risk factor for low back pain. Lifting techniques like the stoop/lifting with the back, squat/lifting with the legs, and semi-squat/a mix of the other two are well-documented. Squat lifting seems to be the one most report is optimal. One set of researchers shared some odd findings though: squat lift training did not prevent low back pain and stoop lifting isn’t a risk factor for low back pain. How do these two points figure into proper lifting for back pain prevention and management? They proposed that the lifting posture that is proper for each person must be personalized as each lifting posture possesses its own biomechanical and kinematic patterns for muscle activation making particular lifting postures better for particular patients. Researchers described that stoop lifting was more metabolically efficient and less challenging to the cardiopulmonary system. This set of researchers also suggested working with each individual patient on the proper lifting technique suitable for his/her body and lifting situation using the “calm tissue down, build tissue up, improve work capacity” system. (1) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation usually looks at each of our Tonawanda chiropractic patients and presents ideas on managing and preventing back pain with exercise and other approaches.
A COUPLE TIPS ON LIFTING
There are some techniques that may help us all when lifting. A special lifting technique known as BATT (a braced arm to thigh, one-handed lifting method to pick up objects with the dominant hand) substantially reduced low back loading during lifting items of 2 to 10 kg. Trunk flexion angles were significantly reduced. Compressive and anterior-posterior shear forces were significantly lower too contrasted with unsupported lifting techniques. (2) That is an easy lifting tip we know our Tonawanda chiropractic clients|we can all do! Lifting slowly is another idea that is said to lower loads on the lumbar spine. Stoop lifting had a greater lumbar spine lordosis range of motion and produced lower total and compressive lumbar loads than squat lifting (except at L5S1 where anterior shear loads were higher) and freestyle lifting. (3) Therefore slow down when lifting. Use your quads to squat lift. (If they are not very strong, let’s talk about strengthening them!)
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Schedule your Tonawanda chiropractic appointment with Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation today. When simple tasks like lifting objects off the floor become troublesome, know that Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation is available to help find a way to make them better and troublefree for you and your spine!
