Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do prepare
for spine-demanding chores? What do you do when you have to relocate a heavy package? Reach
for the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” option
may be the better approach! Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc proposes
back braces for back pain patients who may be helped by
their support. We also suggest self-controlled activities
to Fort Wayne 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 lessening
low back pain or injury. 1380 published medical studies were considered.
Reviewers uncovered no consistent evidence for back brace
use to avoid 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 Fort Wayne back pain sufferers, the back belt offers
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 Fort Wayne back pain specialist at Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc comes in to figure
out what is best for each back pain sufferer. Each Fort Wayne
back pain sufferer – office worker, factory worker, family manager, etc. - is distinctive
and must be considered individually. Having all workers wear
a back brace in an attempt 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-controlled,
pre-activity motion, a voluntary way of increasing
spine stiffness to restrict spine displacement before
doing a spine-demanding job. It seems to
work according to researchers! Abdominal bracing is personally
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 initiated all abdominal and back
muscles. Flexion motion was limited at the majority
of lumbar spine levels when challenging trunk flexion
demands are encountered with abdominal bracing. (2) It’s
worth knowing how to do! Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc is ready to show
you how to do this worthy move as part of your Fort Wayne
chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK
PAIN
Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc uses
a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan for those occasions
when the back pain just will not go away. 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.
CONTACT Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc
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 Fort Wayne chiropractic
appointment soon. We help our Fort Wayne workers and
weekend warriors prevent and recuperate from spine
pain.