There are a few baby-related tasks that can be near-impossible without straining your back, so here is what I do for changing crib sheets. Photo: National Media Museum 1. Buy at least 3-4 crib sheets and 3-4 waterproof pads. I promise that the price of these is far less than a back injury. 2. Take …
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Back Pain Prevention: Avoid Twisting
Never twist your body when holding something. It is common for me to ask a patient with low back pain how he hurt his back and he responds that he was holding a heavy box and twisted his back. This is one common way to cause a disc in the low back (lumbar spine) to …
Back Pain Prevention: Proper Lifting Techniques
Photo: New York Public Library Never lift an object if you are in a forward bent position. The picture here shows a proper squat in order to reach down to the floor. Your spine is a perfectly stable system of bones (vertebrae) with discs in between each one. This system is designed to support your …
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What Your Toothbrush Tells You About Back Pain
Where do you store your toothbrush? Most of us store it right on the bathroom sink. Why do you store it there? Why don’t you store it up on the top shelf or down in the bottom drawer? Your answer gives a simple example of BODY MECHANICS! You store your toothbrush within close reach to make …
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Right Way To Unload Dryer, Short Video
Wrong Way To Unload Dryer, Short Video
The Best Way To Treat Low Back Pain
The answer is prophylaxis (prevention)! What other things are best treated with prophylaxis? Cold, flu, heart attack, diabetes type 2, blood clot, stroke, HIV, lung cancer, etc. Prevention is the easiest and best way to approach low back pain, so whether you have pain or not, this applies to you! What factors put you at …
Right Way To Brush Teeth, Funny Video
How to avoid BACK PAIN with reaching/bending
My patients with back pain typically fall into two categories: trauma vs non-trauma. Traumatic injuries can come from a major accident or an easy task done incorrectly (bending down to pick up shoes from the floor and then patient is unable to stand back up). Non-traumatic back pain frequently comes from repetitive poor postures and …
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How many times per day do you reach to the floor? Part 2
15. Reach into bottom drawer of the refrigerator for an apple. 16. Reach down into lower kitchen cabinet for a tupperware to take leftovers to work. 17. Pick up your keys, which you dropped on the floor. 18. Throw your bags into the trunk of your car or your back seat. 19. Reach down to …
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