Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do prepare
for spine-demanding tasks? What do you do when you need
to move a heavy package? Get the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” option
may be the better approach! Layden Chiropractic recommends
back braces for back pain patients who may be helped by
their support. We also propose self-controlled actions
to Plainville back pain sufferers to safeguard the spine
when its use is required (hefting 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 reducing
low back pain or injury. 1380 published medical studies were reviewed.
Reviewers uncovered no consistent evidence for back brace
use to prevent low back pain or occupational back pain in
workers. Absenteeism wasn’t 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 Plainville back pain sufferers, the back belt offers
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 Plainville back pain specialist at Layden Chiropractic comes in to figure
out what is optimal for each back pain sufferer. Each Plainville
back pain sufferer – office worker, factory worker, family manager, etc. - is unique
and must be addressed individually. Putting a back brace on all workers in an effort to reduce 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-regulated,
pre-activity motion, a deliberate way of enhancing
spine stiffness to restrict spine displacement ahead of 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 stimulated all abdominal and back
muscles. Flexion motion was restricted at most
of lumbar spine levels when abrupt trunk flexion
demands are met with abdominal bracing. (2) It’s
worth knowing how to do! Layden Chiropractic is prepared to demonstrate
you how to do this worthy movement as part of your Plainville
chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK
PAIN
Layden Chiropractic presents
a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan for those occasions
when the back pain just won’t 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 Layden Chiropractic
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
recuperated from her back pain episode with The Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and even enable her to
shovel snow!
Schedule your Plainville chiropractic
appointment soon. We help our Plainville workers and
weekend warriors avert and recuperate from spine
pain.