Tonawanda Chiropractic Incorporates Abdominal Bracing and Back Brace Wearing for Patients to Protect Their Spines
Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do get ready for spine-demanding tasks? What do you do when you need to move a weighty package? Reach for 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 suggest self-controlled activities to Tonawanda back pain sufferers to protect the spine when its use is demanded (moving boxes, digging holes, vacuuming, etc.)
BACK BRACES FOR BACK PAIN PREVENTION: Not All It Seems
Asymptomatic workers were told to wear back belts at work with the intention of decreasing low back pain or injury. 1380 published medical studies were considered. Reviewers uncovered no consistent evidence for back belt use to avoid low back pain or occupational back pain in workers. Absenteeism wasn’t decreased with back belt wearing either. (1) Mind you, this review was of back brace wearing 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 determine what is best for each back pain sufferer. Each Tonawanda back pain sufferer – office worker, factory worker, family manager, etc. - is unique and must be considered individually. Having all workers wear a back brace to try to reduce back pain for a few does not work as this paper shows that a back brace may work for 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 seems to work according to researchers! Abdominal bracing is individually controlled. In a new study, abdominal bracing significantly reduced 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 activated all abdominal and back muscles. Flexion motion was restricted at the majority 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 eager to show 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 presents a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan for those times when the back pain just won’t stop. When work duties or chores result in your spine - cervical, thoracic or lumbar - hurting, The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management mixes gentle, relieving spinal manipulation with specific exercise and nutritional advice to get you back to life.
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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 prevent and recuperate from spine pain.
