Controversy. There is always
controversy in medicine. Controversy can also push medicine to
clarity. Such is the case of flexed lifting
and its impact on your spine. Your West Palm Beach chiropractor
cautions West Palm Beach back pain patients to cautiously
bend, lift and twist as these create low back pain for
many. Moses Chiropractic 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
The latest research study examined
several studies about the effect of lumbar spine flexion lifting and its impact
on low back pain onset/persistence. Researchers found that
lumbar spine flexion lifting was not a differentiator
for people with and without low back pain. These investigations were
not specific as to categories of people. They studied
two kinds of people: those with and those without back pain. (1)
Other research projects studied specific types
of people.
FLEXION LIFTING: INFLUENTIAL FOR WORKERS
Researchers decided that the effect
of forward bending on low back pain depended on the kind
of job, gender and other such particular factors of workers.
They found that construction workers’ experience of low back pain
wasn’t affected by the quantity of
time they spent bending forward. They discovered 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 did not). (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 and again
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 assist in preventing low back pain and lessen stress. (3) Moses Chiropractic
works to ensure our work environment is stress-less and low-back-pain-reducing
for everyone, our staff and our West Palm Beach chiropractic patients equally!
CONTACT Moses Chiropractic
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 of low back pain for a
construction worker whose job certainly taxes
his spine!
Schedule a back-pain-relieving West Palm Beach
chiropractic care appointment with Moses Chiropractic. Controversy aside, low back
pain attributable to work environments that require
flexion bending and lifting can be helped at
Moses Chiropractic.
"This information and website content is not intended to diagnose, guarantee results, or recommend specific treatment or activity. It is designed to educate and inform only. Please consult your physician for a thorough examination leading to a diagnosis and well-planned treatment strategy. See more details on the
DISCLAIMER page. Content is reviewed by
Dr. James M. Cox I."