Thursday, July 1, 2010

Back Pain Good Habits to Get #6

If you are lifting things, lift with you leg muscles. Not sure why this is italicized today, but that's technology!

So lift with your upper legs. Squat to pick something up and then come up from the legs not the lower back. Do not bend to pick up things.

You can also use a three point stance if you're picking up something that you can hold in one hand. Using a table or solid object that will not move, place one hand on the object, as you bend at the waist, lift the opposite leg straight out behind you. (hold the solid object with the left hand and lift the right leg out straight behind). Pick up the object with the free hand.

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