Controversy. There is 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 Colorado Springs chiropractor
cautions Colorado Springs back pain patients to carefully
bend, lift and twist as these create low back pain for
many. The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR 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 analyzed
numerous studies about the impact lumbar spine
flexion has and its influence
on low back pain onset/persistence. Researchers discovered that
lumbar spine flexion lifting was not a differentiator
for people with and without low back pain. These investigations weren’t specific as to categories of people. They looked at
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 result
of forward bending on low back pain depended on the type
of job, gender and other such specific factors of workers.
They noticed that construction workers’ experience of low back pain
was not affected by the amount 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 did not). (2) Warehouse
workers’ experience of low back pain is influenced 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 hoped that a better designed 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) The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR
works to ensure our work environment is stress-less and low-back-pain-diminishing
for everyone, our staff and our Colorado Springs chiropractic patients equally!
CONTACT The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR
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 managed
relief for a construction worker with low back pain whose job certainly taxes
his spine!
Schedule a back-pain-relieving Colorado Springs
chiropractic care appointment with The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR. Controversy aside, low back
pain attributable to work environments that require
flexion bending and lifting can be well-managed at
The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR.
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