Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do prepare
for spine-demanding chores? What do you do when you have to move a heavy box? Reach
for the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” option
may be the superior approach! Back And Neck Care Center proposes
back braces for back pain patients who may benefit from
their support. We also propose self-controlled actions
to Severna Park back pain sufferers to protect the spine
when its use is required (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 aim of reducing
low back pain or injury. 1380 published medical studies were considered.
Reviewers uncovered no consistent evidence for back belt
use to prevent low back pain or occupational back pain in
workers. Absenteeism wasn’t reduced with back
belt utilization 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 Severna Park 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)
Deciding whether to use a belt or not is where
your Severna Park back pain specialist at Back And Neck Care Center comes in to figure
out what is optimal for each back pain sufferer. Each Severna Park
back pain sufferer – office worker, factory worker, family manager, etc. - is unique
and must be addressed individually. Having all workers wear
a back brace in an effort to reduce back pain for a few doesn’t
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-controlled,
pre-activity motion, a deliberate way of increasing
spine stiffness to constrain spine displacement before
doing a spine-demanding job. It seems to
work according to researchers! Abdominal bracing is personally
controlled. In a new study, abdominal bracing significantly reduced
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 activated all abdominal and back
muscles. Flexion motion was restricted at most
of lumbar spine levels when sudden trunk flexion
demands are encountered with abdominal bracing. (2) It’s
worth knowing how to do! Back And Neck Care Center is eager to demonstrate
you how to do this worthy step as part of your Severna Park
chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK
PAIN
Back And Neck Care Center offers
a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan for those times
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 Back And Neck Care Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Jenna Kloor on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she describes the importance
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 Severna Park chiropractic
appointment soon. We help our Severna Park workers and
weekend warriors prevent and recover from spine
pain.