Concord, NC Chiropractic Incorporates Abdominal Bracing and Back Brace Wearing for Patients to Protect Their Spines
Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do get ready for spine-demanding tasks? What do you do when you have to relocate a heavy package? Reach for the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” option may be the better approach! Pure Chiropractic proposes back braces for back pain patients who may benefit from their support. We also propose self-controlled actions to Concord, NC back pain sufferers to protect the spine when its use is required (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 aim of lessening low back pain or injury. 1380 published medical studies were reviewed. Reviewers uncovered no consistent evidence for back belt use to stop low back pain or occupational back pain in workers. Absenteeism was not reduced with back belt use 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 Concord, NC back pain sufferers, the back belt has benefits. 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 Concord, NC back pain specialist at Pure Chiropractic comes in to figure out what is optimal for each back pain sufferer. Each Concord, NC back pain sufferer – office worker, factory worker, family manager, etc. - is distinctive 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 benefit some but not all.
ABDOMINAL BRACING MAY WORK BETTER
Abdominal bracing is a self-monitored, pre-activity motion, a voluntary way of enhancing spine stiffness to limit spine displacement before doing a spine-demanding job. It appears 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 stimulated 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! Pure Chiropractic is eager to show you how to do this worthy move as part of your Concord, NC chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK PAIN
Pure Chiropractic offers a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan for those times 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 combines gentle, relieving spinal manipulation with specific exercise and nutritional advice to return you back to life.
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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 recovered from her back pain episode with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and even enable her to shovel snow!
Schedule your Concord, NC chiropractic appointment soon. We help our Concord, NC workers and weekend warriors prevent and recuperate from spine pain.
