Chiropractic Education for Injuries

How to Bend Over Properly To Pick Things Up Without Hurting Your Back

4 Steps to Take for Bending Over Properly to Pick Things up without Hurting your Back

You hear it all the time − someone hurts their back from trying to pick something up.

Most likely, there was an improper strategy to pick up the item.

If you are going to be picking up items, it is important to know steps and strategies in order to avoid Back Pain.

If you are experiencing Back Pain, it's important to see a Back Pain Chiropractor as soon as possible.

In this article, we go over 4 techniques to properly lift things so that you do not hurt your back.

Table of contents:

• Bending over for proper pick-up
  • Stick out your booty
  • Keep items close
  • Do not slouch 
  • Clench your glutes
• What do I do if I get back pain from lifting something up?
• Seek chiropractic care at Arrowhead Clinic

Have you ever tried to go an entire day and not bend over or lift something?

It's harder than it sounds!

You may think you don't do it often, but if you start to pay attention you'll realize that you probably drop something on the floor at least once per day and if you're around children, you're probably bending to lift them up over very often. 

The problem is, most of us don't pay attention to how we bend over, and if we do it frequently, we may not realize the problems we could be causing on our spine. 

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5 Essential Oils that Can Help You With Your Back Pain

5 Essential Oils that Can Help you with your Back Pain 

Back Pain can occur for many different reasons and will plague most Americans at some point in their life for one reason or another.

Back pain can make everyday activities such as sitting, standing, lifting, and even lying down almost completely unbearable. 

Luckily, there are Essential Oils for Back Pain Relief.

How do those work, you wonder?

In this blog, we take a look into back pain and how essential oils contribute to relieving it.

Table of contents:

• Back pain and essential oils
• Pain relief without a prescription
• What essential oils help with back pain relief?
• Seeing a chiropractor to help aid back pain alleviation
• Free Chiropractor Consultation

Back Pain and Essential Oils 

Whether your back pain has been brought about by an accident causing a misalignment in the spine, or simply from a prolonged strain, there are ways to find pain relief from the discomfort that you're feeling in your back. 

The spine is one of the most important parts of our body, and it needs to be properly cared for.

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Can Dehydration Cause Back Pain?

Can Dehydration Cause Back Pain?

Dehydration has many adverse effects on your body such as a backache, fatigue, dry skin, blurry vision and many other symptoms. 

Dehydration takes the water from the discs between every other vertebra in your spine causing your back to ache.

When these discs are not hydrated your spine takes the full shock of your body's movement resulting in your back hurting.

If you are experiencing back pain, you should see a chiropractor for back pain as soon as possible. 

In this blog, you will learn about the relationship between dehydration and back pain, as well as ways to stay hydrated, and how to treat back pain.

Table of contents:

• Back pain and dehydration
• What you should know about dehydration and back pain
• 10 signs that you are dehydrated
• How can you tell if you are dehydrated?
• Tips to help you stay hydrated
• Fix back pain at Arrowhead Clinic

Although it's a surprise to most, dehydration can cause back pain.

Hydrating your body is a basic necessity for your body to fully function and feel good.

Therefore, dehydration causes your body to function below optimal levels, causing things like back pain.

When you're dehydrated, your body reacts negatively causing you to be crabby, faint, and completely shocks your organs, muscles, and bones.

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