Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do prepare
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 better approach! Most Chiropractic Clinic proposes
back braces for back pain patients who may benefit from
their support. We also suggest self-controlled actions
to Murfreesboro 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 aim of reducing
low back pain or injury. 1380 published medical studies were reviewed.
Reviewers uncovered no consistent evidence for back belt
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 Murfreesboro 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)
The decision of belt use is where
your Murfreesboro back pain specialist at Most Chiropractic Clinic comes in to determine what is best for each back pain sufferer. Each Murfreesboro
back pain sufferer – office worker, factory worker, family manager, etc. - is distinctive
and must be considered individually. Putting a back brace on all workers to try
to decrease 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 increasing
spine stiffness to restrict spine displacement ahead of a spine-demanding task. It seems to
work according to researchers! Abdominal bracing is individually
controlled. In a new study, abdominal bracing significantly reduced
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 initiated all abdominal and back
muscles. Flexion motion was restricted at the majority
of lumbar spine levels when sudden trunk flexion
demands are met with abdominal bracing. (2) It’s
worth knowing how to do! Most Chiropractic Clinic is ready to show
you how to do this worthy move as part of your Murfreesboro
chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK
PAIN
Most Chiropractic Clinic presents
a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan for those times
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 combines gentle, relieving spinal
manipulation with specific exercise and nutritional advice to return
you back to life.
CONTACT Most Chiropractic 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
recuperated from her back pain episode with The Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and even enable her to
shovel snow!
Schedule your Murfreesboro chiropractic
visit soon. We help our Murfreesboro workers and
weekend warriors avert and recuperate from spine
pain.