Amelia Chiropractic Clinic Shares Tips for Lifting Safely to Prevent Back Pain
Have you heard how lifting can be hard on a low back? If you are a Fernandina Beach chiropractic patient with low back pain, you have! You have likely even experienced it personally. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic explains proper lifting techniques with our back pain patients in the beginning of treatment. It is essential to protect the spine while it heals! New studies suggest that back supports and even hand support techniques while lifting can help.
MECHANICAL LOADING DURING LIFTING
Mechanical loading is a key risk factor for low back pain. The loading may be from a heavy or light object that triggers Fernandina Beach back pain. Much of how the pain comes on is via the response of back muscles during the lift. Newly designed “exoskeletons” are being tried. They go beyond a back brace but demonstrate some promise in reducing lumbar flexion and decreasing the compressive force on the back by 13-21% while bending. Peak compressive force during lifting was decreased by 14%. The researchers are optimistic that such devices could reduce the risk of compression-related tissue failure during lifting. (1) For now, Amelia Chiropractic Clinic focuses on what’s accessible today to help our Fernandina Beach back pain patients control their back pain once the pain is lessened by controlling their spine-related movements.
CHIROPRACTIC LIFTING TIPS
It would seem that there would be a huge difference in spine action between picking up a pencil and lifting a crate, but there isn’t much difference when discussing how the low back responds during lifting. Interesting! Researchers wanted to see if the common way most people pick things up off the floor – with a hand on a thigh for support – made a difference. They proposed that it would result in decreased load on the back. The volunteers lifted two kinds of things - a pencil and a crate - off the floor with researchers logging every move and muscle response. Retrieving the pencil with a hand on a thigh for support while bending over decreased the average peak total stresses by 17 to 25% (depending on the lifting method). Hand support while lifting the crate reduced the peak total stresses by 13-19% for one-handed lifting and 14-26% for two-handed lifting. (2) Hand support during lifting may protect the low back. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic has some other ways to limit spinal stress during lifting to control Fernandina Beach back pain and its recurrence: support belts to exercise to spinal manipulation to back school. It’s a comprehensive treatment plan you will want to embrace!
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Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Matthew Alexander on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the effectiveness and gentleness of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with spinal stenosis and low back pain.
Make your next Fernandina Beach chiropractic appointment with Amelia Chiropractic Clinic. Lifting can stress the lumbar spine. Chiropractic care eases the stress on the lumbar spine for back pain relief. Contact us today!
