A Short Leg May Lead to Back Pain

Now Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre isn’t sharing this information with Toronto workers as an excuse not to work! Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre does want to make this risk for back pain known, so it can be remedied and/or even prevent low back pain. So workers who have to stand all day and have some back pain may want to stop in for a Toronto chiropractic examination! The chiropractic care at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre is thorough.

So what is all the excitement about a short leg anyway? Well, first of all, it’s like having a car with a flat tire. The car won’t go very far that way, will it? Same with your back. If one leg is shorter than the other, extra stress is placed on the spine and all the related body parts. It’ll wear out. As your car goes with the tow truck, your spine goes to the chiropractor! Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre sees a lot of worn out backs! The Toronto chiropractic treatment plan with its Cox Technic gentle spinal manipulation helps these worn out backs.

Now, the latest research article about leg length discrepancy focuses on those workers who have to stand while working – meat cutters and customer service representatives. Researchers measured the legs of standing workers and found that 49% of the meat cutters and 44% of customer service workers had a difference of at least 6 mm. 16% of the meat cutters and 15% of the customer service reps had at least an 11 mm difference. (1) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre notices how similar these results are in two different sets of workers!

So what does this mean? In this study, a leg length difference of 6 mm or more was associated with a higher intensity of low back pain and a higher number of days with low back pain. The meat cutters seem to be more affected than the customer service representatives though.  Also, the length of sick leave due to low back pain was a just bit longer for those with a leg length difference of 10 mm or more. (1)  The researchers note that this isn’t “statistically significant,” but if it’s you who has to take a long sick leave, it’s significant!

So if you stand while working and have back pain (or sit while working and have back pain), make time for yourself to come to Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre for a thorough Toronto chiropractic examination. We’ll be sure to check your leg lengths!

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