Manahawkin Chiropractic Center Cautions Back Pain Sufferers About Lifting and Flexion
Controversy. There’s 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 Manahawkin chiropractor cautions Manahawkin back pain patients to cautiously bend, lift and twist as these spur low back pain for many. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center 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
A new research study analyzed several studies about the effect of lumbar spine flexion lifting and its impact on low back pain onset/persistence. Researchers found that lumbar spine flexion lifting was not a determining factor for people with and without low back pain. These investigations were not specific as to types of people. They looked at two kinds of people: those with and those without back pain. (1) Other studies looked at specific kinds 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 was not 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 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 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 help prevent low back pain and reduce stress. (3) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center works to make sure our work environment is stress-less and low-back-pain-diminishing for everyone, our staff and our Manahawkin 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 shares how The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management managed relief for a construction worker with low back pain whose job surely strains his spine!
Schedule a back-pain-relieving Manahawkin chiropractic care appointment with Manahawkin Chiropractic Center. Controversy aside, low back pain due to work environments that demand flexion bending and lifting can be well-managed at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center.
