Controversy. There’s always
controversy in medicine. Controversy can also move medicine to
clarity. Such is the case of lifting in a flexed position
and its effect on your spine. Your Manahawkin chiropractor
cautions Manahawkin back pain patients to carefully
bend, lift and twist as these create low back pain for
lots of us. 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
The latest research study examined
numerous studies about the impact lumbar spine
flexion has and its impact
on low back pain onset/persistence. Researchers discovered that
lumbar spine flexion lifting wasn’t a determining factor
for people with and without low back pain. These studies weren’t specific as to types of people. They studied
two kinds of people: those with and those without back pain. (1)
Other research projects studied specific types
of people.
FLEXION LIFTING: INFLUENTIAL FOR WORKERS
Researchers concluded 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 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 didn’t). (2) Warehouse
workers’ experience of low back pain is influenced by their
lifting capacity and psychosocial work environment. Researchers questioned 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 a better designed work week (work days vs rest days) and a set
reasonable maximum lifting threshold per day will help
prevent low back pain and lessen 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 alike!
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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 of low back pain for a
construction worker whose job certainly taxes
his spine!
Schedule a back-pain-relieving Manahawkin
chiropractic care appointment with Manahawkin Chiropractic Center. Controversy aside, low back
pain attributable to work environments that require
flexion bending and lifting can be helped at
Manahawkin Chiropractic Center.
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