Rosenberg Wellness Center 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 New York City chiropractic patient with low back pain, you have! You’ve likely even experienced it personally. Rosenberg Wellness Center explains proper lifting techniques with our back pain patients in the beginning of treatment. It is essential to keep the spine protected while it heals! New studies report that back supports and even hand support techniques while lifting can help.
MECHANICAL LOADING DURING LIFTING
Mechanical loading is a major risk factor for low back pain. The loading may be due to lifting a heavy or light object that triggers New York City back pain. Much of how the pain comes on is via the response of back muscles during the lift. Newly designed “exoskeletons” are being explored. They go beyond a back brace but demonstrate some promise in decreasing lumbar flexion and lowering the compressive force on the back by 13-21% while bending. Peak compressive force during lifting was reduced by 14%. The researchers are optimistic that such devices could lower the risk of compression-related tissue failure during lifting. (1) For now, Rosenberg Wellness Center focuses on what’s accessible today to help our New York City 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 it comes to how the low back responds during lifting. Interesting! Researchers explored how 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 types of things - a pencil and a crate - off the floor with researchers logging every move and muscle response. Getting the pencil with a hand on a thigh for support while bending over reduced the average peak total stresses by 17 to 25% (depending on the lifting method). Hand support while lifting the crate dropped the peak total stresses by 13-19% for one-handed lifting and 14-26% for two-handed lifting. (2) Hand support while lifting may help the low back. Rosenberg Wellness Center has some other approaches to limit spinal stress during lifting to control New York City back pain and its reappearance: support belts to exercise to spinal manipulation to back school. It is 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 explains the effectiveness and gentleness of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with spinal stenosis and low back pain.
Schedule your next New York City chiropractic appointment with Rosenberg Wellness Center. Lifting can stress the low back. Chiropractic care eases the stress on the low back for back pain relief. Call us today!
