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  Lifting does radically affect your spine! How can they ask you this, Joanne, when you are disabled. Pressure on the spine is what causes spinal compression and all the baggage that goes with it. A compressed spine is bad for the circulation and nerves from the waist downwards and makes you feel ill everywhere else!

  I hope you get sorted,  large amounts of information out there are designed to be as positive as possible, and true a percentage will continue to work full time in demanding jobs, for me I worked very hard 4 nights a week loading up to 3000  sheets of paper and card a night into a huge machine for laminating for many years 14 years straight with previous employer.
  
  However these days I look back and cannot imagine coping with the travel to work I used to make daily let alone stand for more than 5 minutes, 5 hours would put me in hosp for pain control
  
  If you can manage all of this then fantastic, but do not hurt yourself trying to do more than you are able to manage, severity will vary person to person, some like me cannot carry bags of shopping, that once worked very hard and very active, others continue to run  for miles apparently, if in doubt ask GP for work assessment or occupational health referral if you are struggling, help is out there just need to ask the right person
  
  Terence

  Answered by Mr Terence King - 2 months ago