Health Tips From The Chiropractor

Tips to prevent back pain:

  • Always keep your back as straight as possible.
  • Ensure work or kitchen surfaces are the right height to avoid bending forward.
  • In the kitchen, store heavy objects, such as casseroles, at waist level.
  • Use long-handled brushes, mops and garden tools to avoid bending your back.
  • Crouch or kneel rather than bend when polishing, dusting, cleaning the bath or making beds.
  • Do not bend over the basin to wash your hair, kneel beside the bath instead, or better still, wash your hair in the shower.
  • Try not to carry out any activity for an extended period of time. Swap around between tasks.
  • When lifting always hold objects (and children) close to your body, keep your back straight and flex your knees and hips to lift.
  • Whenever possible, break down the load into smaller, lighter bundles.

When you bend forward from the waist, the discs on your spine come under great pressure and your back muscles have to fight against both your own body weight and the pull of gravity. Then the muscles have to work even harder to pull you upright. This effect is compounded if you lift a heavy load from this position, and can easily result in a back injury.

Prevent back injury so you never have to cure anything.

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