Controversy. There is always
controversy in medicine. Controversy can also push medicine toward
clarity. Such is the case of flexed lifting
and its impact on your spine. Your Pensacola chiropractor
cautions Pensacola back pain patients to cautiously
bend, lift and twist as these spur low back pain for
lots of us. Pensacola Spinal Rehab 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
A new 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 wasn’t a differentiator
for people with and without low back pain. These studies weren’t specific as to categories of people. They studied
two types of people: those with and those without back pain. (1)
Other studies looked at specific types
of people.
FLEXION LIFTING: INFLUENTIAL FOR WORKERS
Researchers decided that the effect
of forward bending on low back pain is determined by on the type
of job, gender and other such specific factors of workers.
They noticed that construction workers’ experience of low back pain
wasn’t influenced by the amount 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 did not). (2) Warehouse
workers’ experience of low back pain is affected 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 anticipated that an improved 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 lessen stress. (3) Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
works to ensure our work environment is stress-less and low-back-pain-reducing
for everyone, our staff and our Pensacola chiropractic patients alike!
CONTACT Pensacola Spinal Rehab 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 certainly strains
his spine!
Schedule a back-pain-relieving Pensacola
chiropractic care appointment with Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center. Controversy aside, low back
pain due to work environments that require
flexion bending and lifting can be helped at
Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center.
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