Wrapping doesn’t always go right
first time!
Low back pain is a common outcome
of front carries with poorly tightened
straps on an SSC, or top rail on a ring
sling or wrap carry. The looseness
of the top of the carrier allows baby
to lean away from you, increasing
the distance between your centre of
gravity and baby’s. We compensate
for this by leaning backwards, which
increases the curve in our low back,
compressing the joints and often
deactivating the core muscles which
should be supporting our joints.
Correctly tightened straps, as per
the T for Tight in TICKS, keep baby’s
centre of gravity close to ours so that
we can maintain a gently inward
lumbar curve. (See images in orange
box above.)
Another common complaint is neck
and shoulder pain in a ruck. Even
the mo 7BW&fV7B'V6