When my daughter and I joined our local competitive karting league, AMKA (www.amka.ca), I discovered that a frequent off-track activity in this sport is lifting the kart on and off the stand for service and transport. I happen to suffer from a herniated lumbar disc where tweaking my back could mean being bed-ridden for 7 days with extreme pain. Naturally I looked for way to minimize this risk and discovered a simple solution and it has to do with squatting technique.
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