Have you heard how lifting can be hard on
a low back? If you are a Severna Park chiropractic patient with low back
pain, you have! You’ve likely even experienced it personally.
Back And Neck Care Center explains proper lifting techniques to
our back pain patients in the beginning of treatment. It is
essential to protect the spine
while it heals! New studies suggest that back supports and even hand
support techniques during 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 Severna Park back pain. Much of how the pain
comes on is via the response of back
muscles during the lift. Newly
designed “exoskeletons” are being tried. They go beyond a
back brace but demonstrate some promise in reducing
lumbar flexion and decreasing the compressive force on the back
by 13-21% while bending. Peak compressive force during lifting was decreased
by 14%. The researchers are optimistic that such devices could reduce
the risk of compression-related tissue failure while lifting. (1) For
now, Back And Neck Care Center focuses on what is accessible today to help our Severna Park back pain patients control
their back pain once the pain is lessened by controlling their
spine-related motions.
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 is not much difference when it comes to how
the low back responds while lifting. Crazy! Researchers
explored how most people pick things up
off the floor – with a hand on a thigh for support – made a difference. They thought
that it would lead to decreased load on the back.
The volunteers lifted two kinds of things - a pencil and a crate - off
the floor with researchers noting every move and muscle
response. Using a hand on the thigh for support while bending
for the pencil on the floor reduced the average
peak total stresses by 17 to 25% (depending on the lifting method). Hand
support while lifting the crate reduced the peak total stresses
by 13-19% for one-handed lifting and 14-26% for two-handed lifting. (2) Hand
support during lifting may protect the low back. Back And Neck Care Center
has some other ways to limit spinal stress during lifting to control Severna Park 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!
CONTACT Back And Neck Care Center
Listen to the PODCAST
with Dr. Matthew Alexander on the
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
describes 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 Severna Park
chiropractic appointment with Back And Neck Care Center. Lifting can stress
the low back. Chiropractic care eases the
stress on the low back for back pain relief. Call us today!
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