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Stretch
... strain from the compensatory twisting. 3. When bending the trunk into a stretch, protect your back by contracting your ... muscles when stretching in any direction (Figure 3A). When bending backward, the weight of the sagging viscera can compress or pinch ...
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Yoga and Cycling
By Sonia Osorio ...
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Symptomatic Scoliosis
... or functional? Spinal curves that improve during forward bending, side bending, and specific rotational movements are generally referred to as ...
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Delivering Care for Delivery Workers
... long periods of seated driving, repetitive lifting and bending, heavy lifting, reaching, jumping out of vehicles, going up and down ... drivers also put an enormous demand on their knees. Constant bending of the leg with weight places adverse wear on the patella and its ...
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The Mystery of Low-Back Pain: Part III
... the strength and normal range of motion of the back. Forward bending, lateral stretches, and low-back exercises on all fours are often ... If a client experiences pain or limitation when bending backward (as in the extension test described in the second article), be ...
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Soothing Moms’ Aches and Pains
... with the knees when lifting. However, many times moms are bending over a car seat, crib, or are in a situation where it just isn’t ... each time as well. Consequently, there is a great deal of bending at the waist and lifting with the low back. This movement puts ...
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The Mystery of Low-Back Pain: Part II
... or increased discomfort. Take note of how far the client was bending forward when the pain occurred or increased. Test 2 — Passive ... any discomfort is felt. If the client looks insecure about bending backward, place your hand very lightly on the midback for support. Take ...
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Sometimes Pain is the Sum of Many Factors
... there wasn’t one event, but a perfect storm, where bending over to put on your socks was simply the last straw.” “I get ... with plumbing under the sink for hours on end. The act of bending over to put on your socks was simply the straw that broke the camel’s ...
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Congestion Conundrum
... rest in forward flexion to one side in a combination of side bending and rotation. I hope this helps in solving the problem. These ... issues. My clients love prone work with the neck in side bending and rotation for its advantages of stretching short muscles and ...
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Making Sense of Back Pain, I
... history of repetitive micro-trauma relating to occupational (bending, lifting, sitting awkwardly, etc.) or leisure (sport, gardening, home ... Repetitive motions are also painful at the end of range (bending for example), although such movements may increase the range of motion. ...