Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do prepare
for spine-demanding chores? What do you do when you must move a heavy box? Reach
for the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” alternative
may be the superior approach! Spine & Sports Rehab Center recommends
back braces for back pain patients who may benefit from
their support. We also propose self-controlled actions
to Baton Rouge back pain sufferers to protect the spine
when its use is demanded (moving 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 wasn’t reduced with back
belt use either. (1) Mind you, this review was of back
brace use by asymptomatic workers. In this circumstance,
the back belt is not for everyone. Now for Baton Rouge 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 Baton Rouge back pain specialist at Spine & Sports Rehab Center comes in to figure
out what is best for each back pain sufferer. Each Baton Rouge
back pain sufferer – office worker, factory worker, family manager, etc. - is distinctive
and must be considered individually. Having all workers wear
a back brace to try
to decrease 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 voluntary way of increasing
spine stiffness to constrain spine displacement ahead of a spine-demanding job. It seems to
work according to researchers! Abdominal bracing is individually
controlled. In a new 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 stimulated all abdominal and back
muscles. Flexion motion was limited at most
of lumbar spine levels when challenging trunk flexion
demands are encountered with abdominal bracing. (2) It is
worth knowing how to do! Spine & Sports Rehab Center is ready to show
you how to do this worthy step as part of your Baton Rouge
chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK
PAIN
Spine & Sports Rehab Center offers
a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan for those occasions
when the back pain just will not 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 Spine & Sports 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
recovered from her back pain episode with The Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and even enable her to
shovel snow!
Schedule your Baton Rouge chiropractic
visit soon. We help our Baton Rouge workers and
weekend warriors avert and recover from spine
pain.