Controversy. There’s oftentimes
controversy in medicine. Controversy can also move medicine to
clarity. Such is the case of flexed lifting
and its effect on your spine. Your Groton chiropractor
cautions Groton back pain patients to cautiously
bend, lift and twist as these start low back pain for
lots of us. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office 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
A new research study examined
several studies about the impact lumbar spine
flexion has and its influence
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 categories of people. They looked at
two types of people: those with and those without back pain. (1)
Other studies studied specific kinds
of people.
FLEXION LIFTING: INFLUENTIAL FOR WORKERS
Researchers decided that the result
of forward bending on low back pain depended on the kind
of job, gender and other such specific factors of workers.
They found that construction workers’ experience of low back pain
wasn’t influenced by the quantity of
time they spent bending forward. They found that
healthcare workers’ experience of low back pain was altered 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 affected 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 then
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) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
works to make sure our work environment is stress-less and low-back-pain-diminishing
for everyone, our staff and our Groton chiropractic patients equally!
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
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 certainly taxes
his spine!
Schedule a back-pain-relieving Groton
chiropractic care appointment with Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office. Controversy aside, low back
pain due to work environments that require
flexion bending and lifting can be well-managed at
Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office.
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