Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do get ready
for spine-demanding tasks? What do you do when you must move a weighty package? Get the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” option
may be the better approach! Amelia Chiropractic Clinic recommends
back braces for back pain patients who may benefit from
their support. We also suggest self-controlled actions
to Fernandina Beach back pain sufferers to protect the spine
when its use is required (hefting boxes, digging
holes, vacuuming, 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 reducing
low back pain or injury. 1380 published medical studies were considered.
Reviewers found no consistent evidence for back brace
use to avoid low back pain or occupational back pain in
workers. Absenteeism was not decreased with back
belt utilization either. (1) Mind you, this review was of back
brace wearing by asymptomatic workers. In this situation,
the back belt is not for everyone. Now for Fernandina Beach 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 Fernandina Beach back pain specialist at Amelia Chiropractic Clinic comes in to figure
out what is best for each back pain sufferer. Each Fernandina Beach
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 doesn’t
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-regulated,
pre-activity motion, a voluntary way of enhancing
spine stiffness to constrain 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 restricted at the majority
of lumbar spine levels when abrupt trunk flexion
demands are encountered with abdominal bracing. (2) It’s
worth knowing how to do! Amelia Chiropractic Clinic is eager to show
you how to do this worthy move as part of your Fernandina Beach
chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK
PAIN
Amelia Chiropractic Clinic uses
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 Amelia Chiropractic Clinic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Jenna Kloor on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she describes the significance
of helping a patient be able to do something like walking to help herself as she
recovered from her back pain episode with The Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and even enable her to
shovel snow!
Schedule your Fernandina Beach chiropractic
visit soon. We help our Fernandina Beach workers and
weekend warriors avert and recover from spine
pain.