Lifting Moderately is Good For the Back

This 1990 study analyzed retired workers (seniors) and compared their low back pain history with their MRI scans.

Result #1: A history of LBP and visible spinal pathology were least prevalent in individuals who had moderately heavy jobs.

Result #2: A history of LBP and visible spinal pathology were most prevalent in individuals who had either sedentary or heavy jobs.

Result #3: Individuals who had sedentary jobs had marked disc degeneration in the later years.

Result #4: Individuals who had physically heavy jobs tended to have arthritic changes including osteophytosis and stenosis.

Clinical Relevance: What is the right job for maintaining a healthy spine? Think of Goldie Locks and the three bears…

A job that involves ?optimal? loading of the spine…not too heavy and not too sedentary.

Posted on: April 12, 2004

Categories: Lumbar Spine

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