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Stressful Lifting
Lifting Techniques to Avoid

From Anne Asher, About.com

Updated August 29, 2007

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If you spend a lot of time in the garden or otherwise lifting heavy objects, you probably already know there are some stressful lifting techniques to avoid. This gallery of images will show you a few lifting positions sure to cause your back strain and neck pain.
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Lifting from the back is an example of a potentially injurious lifting technique.Lifting From the BackWith a rounded back, the danger of lifting is amplified because back muscles are on a stretch.  Rounded BackLifting heavy objects with a rounded back and lifted head can cause neck and back strain.A Kinked Neck
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