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2016, Number 4

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Ortho-tips 2016; 12 (4)

Weight lifting and spine injuries

Tejeda BM, González RJA

Language: Spanish
References: 20
Page: 200-206
PDF size: 236.89 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Weight lift as a sport, strengths and shapes the muscles of the human body. However, it is a sport that exposes an athlete to suffer an injury, and low back pain is very frequent in this group of athletes. The reason may be weight lift in a very repetitive manner, but also the intensity of training might have some influence, and mainly the source of low back pain might be the technique to weight lift. The most frequent injuries of weight lifters athletes in lower back is because muscle or ligaments strain, but also might be degenerative disc disease and spondylolysis with or without spondylolisthesis. These medical conditions might be found in weight lifters athletes due to weight concentrations in the lower intervertebral discs as well as sacral slope in this area, due to shearing forces found in lower spine. Treatment of low back pain, in case of muscle or ligament strain, might be improved with non-surgical treatment. However, if there is a persistent pain, or neurological or radicular compromise, it is advisable to shift to some other sport, less demanding, especially if the athlete underwent a surgical treatment.


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