Controversy. There’s oftentimes
controversy in medicine. Controversy can also move medicine to
clarity. Such is the case of lifting in a flexed position
and its impact on your spine. Your Sandy Springs chiropractor
cautions Sandy Springs back pain patients to cautiously
bend, lift and twist as these spur low back pain for
many. Cross Chiropractic Center 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 examined
numerous 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 studies weren’t specific as to types of people. They studied
two types 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 effect
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
was not influenced by the quantity 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 affected 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 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 reduce stress. (3) Cross Chiropractic Center
works to ensure our work environment is stress-less and low-back-pain-diminishing
for everyone, our staff and our Sandy Springs chiropractic patients equally!
CONTACT Cross Chiropractic Center
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 of low back pain for a
construction worker whose job surely strains
his spine!
Schedule a back-pain-relieving Sandy Springs
chiropractic care appointment with Cross Chiropractic Center. Controversy aside, low back
pain attributable to work environments that demand
flexion bending and lifting can be well-managed at
Cross Chiropractic Center.
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