Controversy. There is oftentimes
controversy in medicine. Controversy can also move medicine toward
clarity. Such is the case of lifting in a flexed position
and its impact on your spine. Your Brooks chiropractor
cautions Brooks back pain patients to cautiously
bend, lift and twist as these create low back pain for
lots of us. Soft Health and Healing Clinic still does. Recent 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
numerous studies about the effect of lumbar spine flexion lifting and its impact
on low back pain onset/persistence. Researchers discovered that
lumbar spine flexion lifting was not a differentiator
for people with and without low back pain. These investigations were
not specific as to types 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 concluded 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
wasn’t influenced by the amount of
time they were bending forward. They found that
healthcare workers’ experience of low back pain was affected 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 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 hoped that an improved 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) Soft Health and Healing Clinic
works to make sure our work environment is stress-less and low-back-pain-diminishing
for everyone, our staff and our Brooks chiropractic patients equally!
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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 Brooks
chiropractic care appointment with Soft Health and Healing Clinic. Controversy aside, low back
pain due to work environments that require
flexion bending and lifting can be well-managed at
Soft Health and Healing Clinic.
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