Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation Shares Tips for Lifting Safely to Prevent Back Pain
Did you hear how lifting can be hard on a low back? If you are a Tonawanda chiropractic patient with low back pain, you have! You’ve likely even experienced it directly. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation describes proper lifting techniques with our back pain patients early on in treatment. It’s important to protect the spine while it heals! New studies report that back supports and even hand support techniques during lifting can help.
MECHANICAL LOADING DURING LIFTING
Mechanical loading is a key risk factor for low back pain. The loading may be due to lifting a heavy or light object that prompts Tonawanda back pain. Much of how the pain comes on is due to how the back muscles act during the lift. Newly designed “exoskeletons” are being tried. They go beyond a back brace but show some promise in reducing lumbar flexion and lowering the compressive force on the back by 13-21% while bending. Peak compressive force during lifting was lowered by 14%. The researchers are hopeful that such devices could lower the risk of compression-related tissue failure while lifting. (1) For now, Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation focuses on what is accessible today to help our Tonawanda back pain patients control their back pain once the pain is lessened by controlling their spine-related motions.
CHIROPRACTIC LIFTING TIPS
It would seem that there would be a big difference in spine action between picking up a pencil and lifting a crate, but there is not much difference when it comes to how the low back responds while lifting. Interesting! Researchers wanted to see if the common way most people pick things up off the floor – with a hand on a thigh for support – made a difference. They thought that it would lead to decreased load on the back. The volunteers lifted two types of things - a pencil and a crate - off the floor with researchers noting every move and muscle response. Using a hand on the thigh for support while reaching for the pencil on the floor reduced the average peak total stresses by 17 to 25% (depending on the lifting method). Hand support while lifting the crate reduced the peak total stresses by 13-19% for one-handed lifting and 14-26% for two-handed lifting. (2) Hand support while lifting may protect the low back. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation has some other ways to limit lifting stresses on the spine to control Tonawanda back pain and its reappearance: support belts to exercise to spinal manipulation to back school. It’s a comprehensive treatment plan you’ll want to embrace!
CONTACT Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Matthew Alexander on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the effective, gentle treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with spinal stenosis and low back pain.
Make your next Tonawanda chiropractic appointment with Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation. Lifting can put stress on the the lumbar spine. Chiropractic care alleviates the stress on the low back for back pain relief. Call us today!
