Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do get ready
for spine-demanding tasks? What do you do when you must move a heavy package? Reach
for the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” option
may be the superior approach! Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation recommends
back braces for back pain patients who may benefit from
their support. We also suggest self-controlled actions
to Carrolltown back pain sufferers to safeguard 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 told to wear back belts at work with the intention of decreasing
low back pain or injury. 1380 published medical studies were reviewed.
Reviewers found no consistent evidence for back brace
use to prevent 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 wearing by asymptomatic workers. In this situation,
the back belt is not for everyone. Now for Carrolltown 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 Carrolltown back pain specialist at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation comes in to determine what is best for each back pain sufferer. Each Carrolltown
back pain sufferer – office worker, factory worker, family manager, etc. - is unique
and must be considered 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 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 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) throughout
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 met with abdominal bracing. (2) It is
worth knowing how to do! Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is eager to show
you how to do this worthy move as part of your Carrolltown
chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK
PAIN
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation presents
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 Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation
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 enable her to
shovel snow!
Schedule your Carrolltown chiropractic
appointment soon. We help our Carrolltown workers and
weekend warriors avert and recuperate from spine
pain.