| dc.description.abstract | The main economic activity developed in the City of Between Sheets is agriculture, especially the cultivation of coffee, about 70 % of the population including the rural and urban areas are dependent on this activity. These workers reported intense back pain during harvest and the way we found to explain the problem is that it is due to vicious position that this activity requires. Seeking to minimize the problem, promoting the health of these workers and prevent pain and its consequences, we seek to identify, in the literature, theoretical foundation for the development of a program of Gymnastics. A narrative review of the literature with reference to scientific articles indexed in electronic databases of Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences, Scientific Electronic Library Online, and Google Scholar, published between the years 2000 to 2013 was performed, using as descriptors: family health , lower back pain , medical consultation and gymnastics . We found that in all chronic pain, low back pain is one which depends more directly the change of habits to be monitored. Still, it is essential to adopt a good posture and strengthen the muscles of the abdomen, shoulders, back, legs and arms in order to obtain better quality of life. The Labour Gymnastics consists of exercises performed in the workplace , with five , ten or fifteen minute sessions , having as main objectives the prevention of repetitive stress injuries , work-related musculoskeletal disorders and stress reduction through the years stretching and relaxation . It was clear that preventive strategies go through health education, which is centered focus on postural and gestural rehabilitation at work, it is imperative to understanding and individual assimilation care about these day-to - day. This study was essential to support the proposal for implementation of a program of Gymnastics for employees who work in the collection of coffee in the municipality of Leaves Among the purpose of minimizing the suffering lower back pain causes these workers. | |
