{"id":5057,"date":"2016-08-08T11:15:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T16:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.146.49.248\/?p=5057"},"modified":"2025-08-27T10:05:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T15:05:27","slug":"how-to-avoid-injury-while-moving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/how-to-avoid-injury-while-moving\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Avoid Injury While Moving"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Essential Tips for Avoiding Injury While Moving<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you\u2019re rearranging furniture in your home, moving items into your Lock Up Self Storage unit, or moving from one home to another, there\u2019s a risk of injuring yourself when dealing with heavy items. If you do not take measures to protect yourself, you can end up with a pulled muscle or worse, a broken bone. Don\u2019t take the chance! Here are some helpful tips to make any move safer, smoother, and less stressful.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lift with your legs.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maintaining proper alignment and body mechanics when lifting heavy items is of the utmost importance. Never bend at the waist and lift a heavy object; doing so can cause back strain that will take you out of the moving game. The correct way to lift a heavy item is to bend at the knees into a squat position, take hold of the item and then rise to a standing position, making sure to keep your back straight. This is the safest way to lift a heavy item.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protect your hands.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You never want to put yourself in harm\u2019s way when dealing with heavy items. Wearing moving gloves that have a good grip on them is a great way to ensure that an unwieldy and heavy item stays in your hands and doesn\u2019t slip away. If you don\u2019t have access to such gloves, be sure to remove your rings so there\u2019s no risk of them catching on something in the event that it does slip out of your grip. While you\u2019re at it, you might want to remove any other jewelry or loose fitting clothes that could catch on items.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When in doubt push or pull.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you don\u2019t think you can handle lifting an item, try pushing or pulling it instead. Of course, you don\u2019t want to damage any nice flooring underneath, but if you can use a moving blanket or some towels underneath an item and scoot it across the floor, you can save yourself from injury. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t rush.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trying to move in a hurry is when mistakes happen and that\u2019s when injuries can occur. Avoid hastily stacking items or rushing about with your hands full. These practices result in sloppy work areas and that allows for accidents such as tripping over wires or having stacks of boxes come tumbling down onto you or a loved one. Slow and steady wins the race&#8230;without injuries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get by with a little help from your friends.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A helping hand from a friend or family member can go a long way. It\u2019s not always possible to move a heavy item on your own. With one or more sets of hands, moving a heavy item can be a breeze and less of a strain. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you have any tips for staying safe while moving? We\u2019d love to hear them! Share them below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if you\u2019re in need of a self storage unit, visit us at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.thelockup.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t make moving more difficult by injuring yourself. Here are some tips on how to move items safely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-how-to","category-moving-tips","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5057"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9435,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5057\/revisions\/9435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelockup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}