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Slide show: Protect your back while lifting
By Mayo Clinic staff
Start in a safe position
Before you lift a heavy object, think through your task. Decide where you'll place the object and how you'll get it there. If an object is too heavy to lift safely, find someone to help you.
To lift an object from the floor, stand as close to the object as possible. Then kneel down, resting one knee on the floor. Don't lift from a standing position with your waist bent and your knees locked.
Next slide- Lifting with proper posture. Division of Occupational Health and Safety. http://dohs.ors.od.nih.gov/industrial.htm. Accessed Dec. 12, 2008.
- What you need to know about neck pain. American Physical Therapy Association. http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=24761. Accessed Dec. 12, 2008.
- Low back pain. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00311. Accessed Dec. 12, 2008.
- Madson TJ (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Dec. 12, 2008.
