(HealthDay News) - Lifting objects -- sometimes even light ones
-- is a common cause of back strain and injury. To help prevent
injury when lifting things, follow these techniques suggested by
the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons: By Dr. Eric L.
Seiler - Chiropractor Back problems seem to occur in epidemic
proportions. This might lead one to believe that our spines are
poorly designed - but nothing could be further from the truth.
Every part of the miraculous human body was designed to function
perfectly and last you 90 plus years. The problem is not the way
our bodies are designed, but rather the abnormal stresses we
subject our bodies to. In this sense, in many ways, our bodies
are like square pegs being forced into round holes. Not a good
fit. Modernization has improved the quality of our lives in many
ways, but it has also taken a toll. We subject ourselves to
physical stresses in the modern world that our bodies were not
designed to handle. One example is that we spend too much time
sitting.