Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do get ready
for spine-demanding tasks? What do you do when you need
to relocate a weighty box? Reach
for the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” option
may be the superior approach! Spinal Care Clinic proposes
back braces for back pain patients who may benefit from
their support. We also propose self-controlled actions
to Burlington and Hamilton back pain sufferers to protect the spine
when its use is demanded (hefting boxes, digging
holes, raking, 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 reviewed.
Reviewers found no consistent evidence for back brace
use to avoid low back pain or occupational back pain in
workers. Absenteeism was not reduced with back
belt wearing either. (1) Mind you, this review was of back
brace wearing by asymptomatic workers. In this circumstance,
the back belt is not for everyone. Now for Burlington and Hamilton 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 Burlington and Hamilton back pain specialist at Spinal Care Clinic comes in to figure
out what is optimal for each back pain sufferer. Each Burlington and Hamilton
back pain sufferer – office worker, factory worker, family manager, etc. - is unique
and must be considered individually. Putting a back brace on all workers to try
to decrease back pain for a few doesn’t
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-regulated,
pre-activity motion, a deliberate way of increasing
spine stiffness to limit spine displacement ahead of a spine-demanding job. It seems 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) 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 sudden trunk flexion
demands are encountered with abdominal bracing. (2) It’s
worth knowing how to do! Spinal Care Clinic is eager to demonstrate
you how to do this worthy move as part of your Burlington and Hamilton
chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK
PAIN
Spinal Care Clinic uses
a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan for those occasions
when the back pain just won’t 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 Spinal Care Clinic
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 Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic
appointment soon. We help our Burlington and Hamilton workers and
weekend warriors avert and recover from spine
pain.