Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do get ready
for spine-demanding chores? What do you do when you need
to move a weighty package? Get the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” option
may be the better approach! Malverne Health & Wellness proposes
back braces for back pain patients who may benefit from
their support. We also suggest self-controlled actions
to Malverne back pain sufferers to protect the spine
when its use is demanded (moving 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 reducing
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 was not reduced 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 Malverne 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 Malverne back pain specialist at Malverne Health & Wellness comes in to determine what is optimal for each back pain sufferer. Each Malverne
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 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-regulated,
pre-activity motion, a voluntary way of increasing
spine stiffness to restrict spine displacement before
doing a spine-demanding job. It seems to
work according to researchers! Abdominal bracing is personally
controlled. In a new study, abdominal bracing significantly lessened
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 limited at the majority
of lumbar spine levels when challenging trunk flexion
demands are encountered with abdominal bracing. (2) It is
worth knowing how to do! Malverne Health & Wellness is prepared to demonstrate
you how to do this worthy move as part of your Malverne
chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK
PAIN
Malverne Health & Wellness uses
a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan for those occasions
when the back pain just will not stop. 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 Malverne Health & Wellness
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
recovered from her back pain episode with The Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and even be able to
shovel snow!
Schedule your Malverne chiropractic
visit soon. We help our Malverne workers and
weekend warriors avert and recuperate from spine
pain.