Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do get ready
for spine-demanding chores? What do you do when you must move a weighty package? Get the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” option
may be the superior approach! Wilson Family Chiropractic recommends
back braces for back pain patients who may be helped by
their support. We also suggest self-controlled activities
to Millville 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 directed
to wear back belts at work with the intention of lessening
low back pain or injury. 1380 published medical studies were reviewed.
Reviewers uncovered no consistent evidence for back brace
use to stop low back pain or occupational back pain in
workers. Absenteeism was not decreased with back
belt use 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 Millville back pain sufferers, the back belt has
benefits. Non-rigid lumbar support belts are reported to help
non-specific low back pain sufferers with their pain and disability. (3)
Deciding whether to use a belt or not is where
your Millville back pain specialist at Wilson Family Chiropractic comes in to determine what is optimal for each back pain sufferer. Each Millville
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 benefit some but not all.
ABDOMINAL BRACING MAY WORK BETTER
Abdominal bracing is a self-monitored,
pre-activity motion, a deliberate way of increasing
spine stiffness to restrict spine displacement before
doing a spine-demanding task. It appears to
work according to researchers! Abdominal bracing is individually
controlled. In a recent study, abdominal bracing significantly lessened
sagittal plane motion from the lower thoracic spine (T12) through
the lower lumbar spine (L4L5): by 45% at L4L5, by 94% at L1L2, and 50% at L5S1.
Such self-bracing initiated all abdominal and back
muscles. Flexion motion was limited at most
of lumbar spine levels when sudden trunk flexion
demands are encountered with abdominal bracing. (2) It’s
worth knowing how to do! Wilson Family Chiropractic is eager to demonstrate
you how to do this worthy move as part of your Millville
chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK
PAIN
Wilson Family Chiropractic presents
a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan for those occasions
when the back pain just will not go away. When work duties
or chores leave 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 return
you back to life.
CONTACT Wilson Family Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Jenna Kloor on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she describes the significance
of helping a patient be able to do something like walking to help herself as she
recovered from her back pain episode with The Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and even enable her to
shovel snow!
Schedule your Millville chiropractic
visit soon. We help our Millville workers and
weekend warriors avert and recover from spine
pain.