Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do prepare
for spine-demanding chores? What do you do when you must relocate a weighty package? Get the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” alternative
may be the superior approach! Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries proposes
back braces for back pain patients who may be helped by
their support. We also propose self-controlled actions
to Manchester back pain sufferers to safeguard 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 told to wear back belts at work with the aim of lessening
low back pain or injury. 1380 published medical studies were reviewed.
Reviewers uncovered no consistent evidence for back brace
use to prevent low back pain or occupational back pain in
workers. Absenteeism was not decreased with back
belt wearing 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 Manchester 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)
The decision of belt use is where
your Manchester back pain specialist at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries comes in to figure
out what is best for each back pain sufferer. Each Manchester
back pain sufferer – office worker, factory worker, family manager, etc. - is distinctive
and must be addressed individually. Having all workers wear
a back brace to try
to decrease back pain for a few does not
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 limit spine displacement before
doing a spine-demanding job. It appears to
work according to researchers! Abdominal bracing is personally
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 activated all abdominal and back
muscles. Flexion motion was restricted 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! Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries is eager to demonstrate
you how to do this worthy move as part of your Manchester
chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK
PAIN
Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries offers
a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan for those occasions
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 Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
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 Manchester chiropractic
appointment soon. We help our Manchester workers and
weekend warriors avert and recover from spine
pain.