Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do prepare
for spine-demanding tasks? What do you do when you have to move a weighty package? Get the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” option
may be the superior approach! Pflugerville Wellness Center recommends
back braces for back pain patients who may be helped by
their support. We also propose self-controlled actions
to Pflugerville back pain sufferers to safeguard the spine
when its use is demanded (hefting boxes, digging
holes, vacuuming, 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 reducing
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 wearing by asymptomatic workers. In this circumstance,
the back belt is not for everyone. Now for Pflugerville 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 Pflugerville back pain specialist at Pflugerville Wellness Center comes in to figure
out what is best for each back pain sufferer. Each Pflugerville
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 decrease back pain for a few does not
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-monitored,
pre-activity motion, a deliberate way of enhancing
spine stiffness to restrict 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) 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 restricted at most
of lumbar spine levels when challenging trunk flexion
demands are encountered with abdominal bracing. (2) It is
worth knowing how to do! Pflugerville Wellness Center is ready to show
you how to do this worthy movement as part of your Pflugerville
chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK
PAIN
Pflugerville Wellness Center offers
a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan for those times
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 get
you back to life.
CONTACT Pflugerville Wellness Center
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 Pflugerville chiropractic
visit soon. We help our Pflugerville workers and
weekend warriors prevent and recuperate from spine
pain.