1. Do a runner’s stretch for your calf muscles. Stand facing a wall, put one foot in front of the other foot, and place your arms out in front of you on the wall. Push into the wall with your hands. Keep both feet facing forward and keep both heels on the floor. The leg …
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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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How Should I Stretch My Neck?
When your neck is stiff and tired from working all day or being on the computer all night, what is a good stretch? Your natural tendency is right–your neck needs to be moved and stretched. Tuck in your chin toward your throat as if you are trying to create a double chin. Hold the position …
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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How many times per day do you reach to the floor?
How many times per day do you reach down to the floor to pick up a light object? Consider how you do this reaching because it is quite frequent. And if you bend/twist your back every time, you are at high risk for back pain. So let’s consider a typical weekday and count up the …
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