Controversy. There is 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 Plainville chiropractor
cautions Plainville back pain patients to cautiously
bend, lift and twist as these initiate low back pain for
many. Layden Chiropractic 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
several 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 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 research projects looked at specific types
of people.
FLEXION LIFTING: INFLUENTIAL FOR WORKERS
Researchers decided that the effect
of forward bending on low back pain depended on the kind
of job, gender and other such particular factors of workers.
They found that construction workers’ experience of low back pain
wasn’t influenced by the quantity of
time they were bending forward. They discovered 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 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 hoped that a
better 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 reduce stress. (3) Layden Chiropractic
works to ensure our work environment is stress-less and low-back-pain-reducing
for everyone, our staff and our Plainville chiropractic patients alike!
CONTACT Layden Chiropractic
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 Plainville
chiropractic care appointment with Layden Chiropractic. Controversy aside, low back
pain due to work environments that demand
flexion bending and lifting can be helped at
Layden Chiropractic.
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