Dr. Diane Benizzi DiMarco (reprint)
The physical stress of parenting or caring for infants and young children can impart tremendous biomechanical strain. Parenting and care taking can be done by both genders but remains a female dominant task. Daily repetitive stress from tasks that require lifting the child or infant can compromises spinal integrity. Repetitive injury to the disc, zygapophyseal joints, muscles and ligaments of the spine can result from chronic lifting, twisting and torquing, and poor posture.