• Lifting, Support Your Back :

  Bend your knees as close to the object you are lifting as possible, grasp it securely, tighten your stomach muscles while lifting the object, avoid bending and twisting while lifting.

• Use a trolley, Save your back :

  Use a trolley to aid in moving and avoid bending, but push the trolley using the strength from your legs and arms, keeping your back straight while pushing the trolley forward.

• Picking up high objects :

  Avoid reaching for objects at the very edge of your reach. Instead, use a chair to help increase your height and get as close to the object as possible, while tightening your stomach muscles when lifting.

• Sit comfortably, relieve back pain :

  Choose a chair that fully supports your back with a curve that supports the spine’s shape at the waist, or use a small pillow to support your back. While working, move your chair as close to the work table as possible to avoid bending over, and change postures frequently.

Caution

If you experience severe back or neck pain that is unbearable, or you are unable to perform daily routines, or you have chronic pain for more than one month, rapid weight loss, numbness along the arms or legs, muscle weakness, these are dangerous signs indicating that there might be a serious condition affecting your spine, such as chronic back muscle inflammation, displaced spinal disc conditions, degeneration of the spinal disc or spine, tumors around the spine and nerve roots, infections of the spine. Therefore, to prevent the condition from worsening beyond repair, you should consult a doctor to identify the cause and diagnose as soon as possible. Just like this, you will have good back health for a long time.