Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do prepare
for spine-demanding chores? What do you do when you must relocate a heavy box? Reach
for the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” alternative
may be the superior approach! Vancouver Disc Centers proposes
back braces for back pain patients who may be helped by
their support. We also propose self-controlled activities
to Vancouver 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 reviewed.
Reviewers uncovered no consistent evidence for back brace
use to avoid low back pain or occupational back pain in
workers. Absenteeism wasn’t reduced with back
belt use 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 Vancouver 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)
Deciding whether to use a belt or not is where
your Vancouver back pain specialist at Vancouver Disc Centers comes in to figure
out what is best for each back pain sufferer. Each Vancouver
back pain sufferer – office worker, factory worker, family manager, etc. - is unique
and must be addressed individually. Putting a back brace on all workers in an attempt to decrease 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 deliberate way of increasing
spine stiffness to limit 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) throughout
the lower lumbar spine (L4L5): by 45% at L4L5, by 94% at L1L2, and 50% at L5S1.
Such self-bracing stimulated all abdominal and back
muscles. Flexion motion was restricted at most
of lumbar spine levels when sudden trunk flexion
demands are met with abdominal bracing. (2) It’s
worth knowing how to do! Vancouver Disc Centers is eager to show
you how to do this worthy step as part of your Vancouver
chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK
PAIN
Vancouver Disc Centers presents
a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan for those occasions
when the back pain just will not go away. When work duties
or chores result in 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 return
you back to life.
CONTACT Vancouver Disc Centers
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 enable her to
shovel snow!
Schedule your Vancouver chiropractic
visit soon. We help our Vancouver workers and
weekend warriors avert and recuperate from spine
pain.