Low back pain is the most common mechanical type of pain in all of North America. Low back pain symptoms usually cause stiffness, aches, and generalized fatigue, but there are many different reasons why you can get these symptoms.
Bend With Your Knees or With Your Hips? Protecting your low back while lifting
You have definitely heard the saying “bend with your knee, not your back”. In theory, this is to keep a “flat back” which is a protected back. But practically speaking only bending with your knees may put you at a disadvantage.
You probably know someone who has “thrown out their back” while lifting something, doing a half bend, or picking something up off the floor. I can tell you that as a chiropractor I know many of these people.