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One of the major exercises we can do to help protect our back is something that can be referred to as crunches or quarter sit ups. Let's go ahead and take a moment to look at how that's done. Laying on our backs with our knees flexed. We're gonna be sure to not put our hands behind our heads as that can put excess strain on our necks. Hands can be folded over our chest or held together on our chest or even up over our face but now we're gonna begin with quarter sit ups. Tightening those abdominal muscles we can do 10 to 12 repetitions and after those 12 repetitions we can just lay back and relax. Take a breather and then begin our quarter sit ups again. Strengthening these rectus abdominis muscles, obliques and other types of compensating muscles is going to be vital to protecting our core, strengthening our back because those stomach muscles are what's really being used when we're lifting objects. More than we'll ever realize. It's going to be vital that we make this into a lifestyle at least three to five times a week.
It is vital to strengthen the core muscles because the abdominal muscles play a major role in compensating for the back when lifting or moving people or objects. Some great exercises that can be done to help protect the back from injury are crunches or quarter sit-ups.