Bending a lot and back pain?

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If you bend a lot down why is it bad for your back?

Does anyone here bend down a lot?

Did you eventually get back pain or have you avoided it.

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What do ypu mean? Bending how? Backward?

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Like for example if I were to sweep under a low table I could bend my back so I get a better reach under the table.

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Get straps to fix your posture. I should also get them, I sit a lot on my desktop computer, it gives me bad posture. I bet its also gaining weight and my belly giving me a bad posture.

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Yea my brother uses straps… Never knew about them until I saw him use those recently

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Don’t hurt yourself cleaning! It’s hard work

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I’m not an expert, but I think it depends how you bend over. Bending over wrong can put pressure on your spine. Let me look it up…

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Yea certain positions are bad for the back.

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Yea, I have this sort of idea that I’ll be invincible to back pain but I guess maybe not.

Thanks everyone :slight_smile:

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I had back pain when I used to work in a supermarket eventhough I was fit and 135lb. I was lifting heavy stuff like those 18L water tanks. I never have back pain now eventhough I weight 285lb.

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Its not tanks, its jug. I just googled.

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I got back pain when I was very overweight.

I got a bit of backpain today aswell. I think I was bending too much at work.

I need to stop that…

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I guess I still have muscles and thick bones :joy:

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Be careful Mae. You don’t want to end up with permanent back injuries that will effect you in your later years. Or end up requiring surgery to fix the issues.

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Okay Bowens, thankyou.

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Bend with your knees and do it properly. Your body will adapt and strengthen with a new job but it’s important to do like lifting and use your legs rather than your back.

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We got pretty intensive training in how to properly lift when I worked freight for Wal-Mart. Always use your legs is the golden rule.

I think if you could make some alterations to your cleaning it might be good for your back, like having a taller vacuum cleaner so you don’t have to bend down. But I’m no health professional.

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