If a lumbar compression fracture has been fully recovered for one year, heavy lifting is not recommended; if it has not been fully recovered, for example, if there are still occasional painful symptoms, heavy lifting is never recommended.
A lumbar compression fracture is a compression fracture of the bone of the lumbar vertebrae. It is often caused by traumatic violence in young people, and in older people it is often caused by minor trauma after osteoporosis. A lumbar compression fracture may compress or even injure the spinal nerves, and in severe cases, cause paralysis of the lower limbs.
If a simple lumbar compression fracture is not accompanied by nerve damage, or if it is accompanied by minor nerve damage, it can be cured with active treatment. However, people of different ages and physical conditions do not recover at the same rate.
In most cases, patients with simple lumbar compression fracture without nerve damage or with minor nerve damage can fully recover in one year after treatment, but heavy work is not recommended; some elderly or physically weak people recover more slowly, and may still have lumbar spine pain and other symptoms after one year, which means that they should not do heavy work.
Lumbar compression fracture combined with serious spinal nerve injury such as double lower limb paralysis, difficult to cure, one year or more can not do heavy work.
After one year of lumbar compression fracture, it is recommended to go to the hospital to check the healing status of the fracture, and follow the professional doctor’s advice to carry out activities.