Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do get ready
for spine-demanding chores? What do you do when you must relocate a weighty box? Get the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” alternative
may be the superior approach! Aaron Chiropractic Clinic recommends
back braces for back pain patients who may be helped by
their support. We also propose self-controlled activities
to Fort Wayne 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 directed
to wear back belts at work with the intention of decreasing
low back pain or injury. 1380 published medical studies were reviewed.
Reviewers uncovered no consistent evidence for back brace
use to stop low back pain or occupational back pain in
workers. Absenteeism wasn’t decreased with back
belt utilization 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 Fort Wayne back pain sufferers, the back belt has
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 Fort Wayne back pain specialist at Aaron Chiropractic Clinic comes in to determine what is optimal for each back pain sufferer. Each Fort Wayne
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 effort to reduce 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 voluntary way of enhancing
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 decreased
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 initiated all abdominal and back
muscles. Flexion motion was limited at most
of lumbar spine levels when abrupt trunk flexion
demands are encountered with abdominal bracing. (2) It’s
worth knowing how to do! Aaron Chiropractic Clinic is prepared to show
you how to do this worthy move as part of your Fort Wayne
chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK
PAIN
Aaron Chiropractic Clinic uses
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 mixes gentle, relieving spinal
manipulation with specific exercise and nutritional advice to get
you back to life.
CONTACT Aaron 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 be able to
shovel snow!
Schedule your Fort Wayne chiropractic
visit soon. We help our Fort Wayne workers and
weekend warriors prevent and recuperate from spine
pain.