Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do prepare
for spine-demanding tasks? What do you do when you have to move a weighty package? Get the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” alternative
may be the better approach! Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation recommends
back braces for back pain patients who may be helped by
their support. We also propose self-controlled actions
to Tonawanda back pain sufferers to protect the spine
when its use is required (hefting boxes, digging
holes, raking, etc.)
BACK BRACES FOR BACK PAIN PREVENTION:
Not All It Seems
Asymptomatic workers were directed
to wear back belts at work with the intention of lessening
low back pain or injury. 1380 published medical studies were reviewed.
Reviewers found no consistent evidence for back belt
use to prevent low back pain or occupational back pain in
workers. Absenteeism wasn’t decreased with back
belt use either. (1) Mind you, this review was of back
brace use by asymptomatic workers. In this situation,
the back belt is not for everyone. Now for Tonawanda back pain sufferers, the back belt has
advantages. Non-rigid lumbar support belts are reported to help
non-specific low back pain sufferers with their pain and disability. (3)
The decision of belt use is where
your Tonawanda back pain specialist at Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation comes in to figure
out what is best for each back pain sufferer. Each Tonawanda
back pain sufferer – office worker, factory worker, family manager, etc. - is distinctive
and must be considered individually. Putting a back brace on all workers to try
to decrease back pain for a few does not
work as this paper demonstrates that a back brace may benefit some but not all.
ABDOMINAL BRACING MAY WORK BETTER
Abdominal bracing is a self-monitored,
pre-activity motion, a voluntary way of enhancing
spine stiffness to constrain spine displacement ahead of a spine-demanding job. It appears to
work according to researchers! Abdominal bracing is individually
controlled. In a recent study, abdominal bracing significantly decreased
sagittal plane motion from the lower thoracic spine (T12) throughout
the lower lumbar spine (L4L5): by 45% at L4L5, by 94% at L1L2, and 50% at L5S1.
Such self-bracing stimulated all abdominal and back
muscles. Flexion motion was restricted at most
of lumbar spine levels when abrupt trunk flexion
demands are encountered with abdominal bracing. (2) It is
worth knowing how to do! Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation is prepared to demonstrate
you how to do this worthy move as part of your Tonawanda
chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK
PAIN
Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation uses
a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan for those occasions
when the back pain just will not stop. When work duties
or chores leave your spine - cervical, thoracic or lumbar -
hurting, The Cox® Technic System of
Spinal Pain Management combines gentle, relieving spinal
manipulation with specific exercise and nutritional advice to return
you back to life.
CONTACT Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Jenna Kloor on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she describes the value
of helping a patient be able to do something like walking to help herself as she
recuperated from her back pain episode with The Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and even be able to
shovel snow!
Schedule your Tonawanda chiropractic
appointment soon. We help our Tonawanda workers and
weekend warriors avert and recuperate from spine
pain.