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Lifting: "Take Care of Your Back"

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To download the below information in handout form Click Here:

 

To download the PowerPoint presentation   Click Here

 

Being a teacher or associate of students with physical and/or behavioral disabilities often brings with it increased physical demands above the demands required with other students. If those demands exceed your capabilities, you may be headed for a musculoskeletal injury or an illness. This page is dedicated to the prevention of a musculoskeletal injury.

 

"Take a Look at Your Job"

 

Consider Your Exposure to

  • Forceful Exertion
  • Repetitive Activities
  • Awkward Postures

 

With the Three Types of Exposures Consider

  • Frequency
  • Duration
  • Magnitude of Exposure

 

 

         Three natural curves are present in a "normal" spine. When these are present in the right degree, there is  decreased pressure and stress on the joints, muscles, vertebrae, and tissues.  This position is referred to as  neutral.  Deviation from neutral puts undue stress on the back causing stress and damage.

 

     Cervical- Here there is a slight forward curve.

 

     Thoracic- Here there a slight backwards curve.

 

     Lumbar - Here there is a slight forward curve.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

              +++++++   Good Posture with the 3 curves as noted to the left is what every person should try to attain in sitting, standing and sleeping.

 

 

Keeping Good Posture during Lifting:    

 

  • Keep your work close to your body.
  • Bend your knees, not your back.
  • Avoid reaching.
  • Maintain a wide stable base.
  • Maintain neutral alignment of your back.
  • Don’t twist your back when you turn.
  • Plan movements ahead.
 

Higher Risk Students:

 

  • Students over 50#
  • Students who can’t bear weight
  • Students who are uncooperative or combative
  • Students with contracted joints or areas that may be more fragile
  • Students with fluctuating tone
  • Other special needs
 

 

Assess Your Student’s Overall Condition:

 

  • Weight
  • Medical condition
  • Physical ability
  • Behavior patterns
  • Ability to follow directions
 

 

www.gonzaga.edu/hr

 

The following are videos on various lifting techniques:

 

1.  2 Person lift side -to-side approach:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlONVrRXKwU

 

2.  2 Person lift top to bottom approach:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMNOFCuiqLI

 

3.  Sliding board transfer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftMW5lU5Rwg

 

4. Using a Mechanical Lift:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujV0Uo3gJI4

 

 

Two other Types of Mechanical Lifts:

1.    Solo Lift by Rifton:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zr0-_td2cM&feature=BFa&list=PLF3C3D887CAFE7E08&lf=results_video

 

2.    Support Station:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2XMlZuoFDU

 

 

 

 

Special lifting/transfer belts or slings

 

Ergotrans


 

         Ergotrans  is a patient transfer harness that uses
         belts that patients cannot slip out of.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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