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  • achensherd
    +7

    It is a very bad idea to turn your upper body when you're carrying something very heavy. The spine doesn't like that kind of thing, apparently. I lucked out in that I didn't sustain any serious injuries, but the pain I still feel in my back at times ten years later reminds me how close I came.

    • thepanophobic
      +2

      Similarly, lift with your legs. I learned this the easy way (aka being told), but I met more then one person in college theater who evidently never heard this and hurt themselves tying to lift heavy set pieces.

    • Muffintop
      +2

      this one. Learn how to lift things without bending your back. If you won't be careful with your back, once back pain hits (and it will), the damage is done and it will be to late.