Fort Wayne Chiropractic Incorporates Abdominal Bracing and Back Brace Wearing for Patients to Protect Their Spines
Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do prepare for spine-demanding chores? What do you do when you must move a weighty box? Reach for the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” option may be the better approach! Aaron Chiropractic Clinic proposes back braces for back pain patients who may benefit from their support. We also propose self-controlled activities to Fort Wayne 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 told to wear back belts at work with the aim of lessening low back pain or injury. 1380 published medical studies were considered. Reviewers found no consistent evidence for back belt use to stop 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 Fort Wayne 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 Fort Wayne back pain specialist at Aaron Chiropractic Clinic comes in to figure out what is optimal for each back pain sufferer. Each Fort Wayne back pain sufferer – office worker, factory worker, family manager, etc. - is unique and must be considered individually. Having all workers wear a back brace to try to decrease back pain for a few does not work as this paper demonstrates 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 deliberate way of increasing spine stiffness to limit spine displacement before doing a spine-demanding task. It seems to work according to researchers! Abdominal bracing is individually controlled. In a recent study, abdominal bracing significantly decreased 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 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! Aaron Chiropractic Clinic is prepared to show you how to do this worthy step as part of your Fort Wayne chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK PAIN
Aaron Chiropractic Clinic offers a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan for those times when the back pain just won’t 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.
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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 Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment soon. We help our Fort Wayne workers and weekend warriors avert and recuperate from spine pain.
