Routine lifting may not be as bad for your back as thought, research suggests

Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 13:36 in Health & Medicine

A new study disputes advice that routine lifting is bad for your back. Researchers found that physical loading, the pressure put on the spine that comes with, for example, frequent lifting, may in fact slightly delay disc degeneration.

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