Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do get ready
for spine-demanding tasks? What do you do when you have to move a weighty box? Get the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” alternative
may be the better approach! Cross Chiropractic Center proposes
back braces for back pain patients who may benefit from
their support. We also propose self-controlled actions
to Sandy Springs back pain sufferers to protect the spine
when its use is required (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 decreasing
low back pain or injury. 1380 published medical studies were considered.
Reviewers found no consistent evidence for back brace
use to stop 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 wearing by asymptomatic workers. In this circumstance,
the back belt is not for everyone. Now for Sandy Springs 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)
Deciding whether to use a belt or not is where
your Sandy Springs back pain specialist at Cross Chiropractic Center comes in to figure
out what is optimal for each back pain sufferer. Each Sandy Springs
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 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-regulated,
pre-activity motion, a voluntary way of enhancing
spine stiffness to constrain spine displacement before
doing a spine-demanding task. It appears to
work according to researchers! Abdominal bracing is personally
controlled. In a recent study, abdominal bracing significantly reduced
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 activated all abdominal and back
muscles. Flexion motion was limited at the majority
of lumbar spine levels when abrupt trunk flexion
demands are encountered with abdominal bracing. (2) It is
worth knowing how to do! Cross Chiropractic Center is eager to show
you how to do this worthy step as part of your Sandy Springs
chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK
PAIN
Cross Chiropractic Center offers
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 Cross Chiropractic Center
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 Sandy Springs chiropractic
appointment soon. We help our Sandy Springs workers and
weekend warriors prevent and recuperate from spine
pain.