Controversy. There is oftentimes
controversy in medicine. Controversy can also move medicine to
clarity. Such is the case of flexed lifting
and its impact on your spine. Your Toronto chiropractor
cautions Toronto back pain patients to cautiously
bend, lift and twist as these start low back pain for
lots of us. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre still does. New studies describe
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
several studies about the effect of lumbar spine flexion lifting and its impact
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 types 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 is determined by on the kind
of job, gender and other such particular factors of workers.
They found that construction workers’ experience of low back pain
was not affected by the quantity 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 didn’t). (2) Warehouse
workers’ experience of low back pain is affected 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 designed work week (work days vs rest days) and a set
reasonable maximum lifting threshold per day will help
prevent low back pain and lessen stress. (3) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre
works to ensure our work environment is stress-less and low-back-pain-reducing
for everyone, our staff and our Toronto chiropractic patients equally!
CONTACT Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre
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 Toronto
chiropractic care appointment with Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre. Controversy aside, low back
pain attributable to work environments that require
flexion bending and lifting can be helped at
Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre.
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