Controversy. There is oftentimes
controversy in medicine. Controversy can also push medicine to
clarity. Such is the case of lifting in a flexed position
and its impact on your spine. Your Sitka chiropractor
cautions Sitka back pain patients to cautiously
bend, lift and twist as these start low back pain for
lots of us. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka 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 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 looked at
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 effect
of forward bending on low back pain is determined by on the type
of job, gender and other such specific factors of workers.
They found that construction workers’ experience of low back pain
was not affected 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 triggered
low back pain while over 60 degree didn’t). (2) Warehouse
workers’ experience of low back pain is influenced by their
lifting capacity and psychosocial work environment. Researchers texted
workers asking about their low back
pain, mental stress, and bodily fatigue over the course of 3 weeks and again
at one year. They anticipated 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) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
works to make sure our work environment is stress-less and low-back-pain-reducing
for everyone, our staff and our Sitka chiropractic patients alike!
CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
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 strains
his spine!
Schedule a back-pain-relieving Sitka
chiropractic care appointment with Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka. Controversy aside, low back
pain due to work environments that demand
flexion bending and lifting can be helped at
Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka.
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