Controversy. There’s always
controversy in medicine. Controversy can also push medicine toward
clarity. Such is the case of lifting in a flexed position
and its impact on your spine. Your Fort Wayne chiropractor
cautions Fort Wayne back pain patients to cautiously
bend, lift and twist as these spur low back pain for
lots of us. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic still does. New 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 examined
a number of studies about the impact lumbar spine
flexion has and its influence
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 were
not specific as to categories of people. They looked at
two kinds 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 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
wasn’t affected by the amount of
time they were 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 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 anticipated 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) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic
works to make sure our work environment is stress-less and low-back-pain-reducing
for everyone, our staff and our Fort Wayne 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 describes
how The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management attained
relief for a construction worker with low back pain whose job surely taxes
his spine!
Schedule a back-pain-relieving Fort Wayne
chiropractic care appointment with Aaron Chiropractic Clinic. Controversy aside, low back
pain attributable to work environments that demand
flexion bending and lifting can be well-managed at
Aaron Chiropractic Clinic.
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