Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do prepare
for spine-demanding chores? What do you do when you have to relocate a weighty package? Get the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” alternative
may be the better approach! Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center recommends
back braces for back pain patients who may benefit from
their support. We also suggest self-controlled activities
to Pensacola back pain sufferers to safeguard 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 directed
to wear back belts at work with the aim of lessening
low back pain or injury. 1380 published medical studies were reviewed.
Reviewers found no consistent evidence for back brace
use to prevent 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 use by asymptomatic workers. In this situation,
the back belt is not for everyone. Now for Pensacola 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 Pensacola back pain specialist at Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center comes in to figure
out what is optimal for each back pain sufferer. Each Pensacola
back pain sufferer - office worker, factory worker, family manager, etc. - is distinctive
and must be addressed individually. Having all workers wear
a back brace in an attempt 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-controlled,
pre-activity motion, a deliberate way of increasing
spine stiffness to constrain spine displacement ahead of a spine-demanding job. It appears to
work according to researchers! Abdominal bracing is personally
controlled. In a recent study, abdominal bracing significantly decreased
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 the majority
of lumbar spine levels when challenging trunk flexion
demands are met with abdominal bracing. (2) It’s
worth knowing how to do! Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center is prepared to show
you how to do this worthy move as part of your Pensacola
chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK
PAIN
Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center uses
a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan for those times
when the back pain just won’t go away. When work duties
or chores result in 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 Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Jenna Kloor on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she describes the value
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 be able to
shovel snow!
Schedule your Pensacola chiropractic
appointment soon. We help our Pensacola workers and
weekend warriors prevent and recover from spine
pain.