Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. Cautions Back Pain Sufferers About Lifting and Flexion
Controversy. There’s always controversy in medicine. Controversy can also move medicine to clarity. Such is the case of lifting in a flexed position and its impact on your spine. Your Auburn chiropractor cautions Auburn back pain patients to cautiously bend, lift and twist as these start low back pain for many. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. still does. New studies explain 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 numerous studies about the effect of lumbar spine flexion lifting 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 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 studies studied specific kinds of people.
FLEXION LIFTING: INFLUENTIAL FOR WORKERS
Researchers concluded that the effect 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 influenced by the quantity of time they spent 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 influenced by their lifting capacity and psychosocial work environment. Researchers questioned workers via text about their low back pain, mental stress, and bodily fatigue over the course of 3 weeks then 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 help prevent low back pain and reduce stress. (3) Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. works to make sure our work environment is stress-less and low-back-pain-diminishing for everyone, our staff and our Auburn 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 strains his spine!
Schedule a back-pain-relieving Auburn chiropractic care appointment with Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C.. Controversy aside, low back pain attributable to work environments that require flexion bending and lifting can be well-managed at Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C..
