Juneau Chiropractic Incorporates Abdominal Bracing and Back Brace Wearing for Patients to Protect Their Spines
Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do prepare for spine-demanding chores? What do you do when you must move a heavy box? Reach for the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” alternative may be the better approach! Aurora Chiropractic Center proposes back braces for back pain patients who may be helped by their support. We also suggest self-controlled actions to Juneau 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 considered. Reviewers uncovered no consistent evidence for back belt use to avoid 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 circumstance, the back belt is not for everyone. Now for Juneau 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 Juneau back pain specialist at Aurora Chiropractic Center comes in to figure out what is optimal for each back pain sufferer. Each Juneau 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 doesn’t work as this paper demonstrates 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 increasing 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 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 sudden trunk flexion demands are met with abdominal bracing. (2) It is worth knowing how to do! Aurora Chiropractic Center is eager to demonstrate you how to do this worthy movement as part of your Juneau chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK PAIN
Aurora Chiropractic Center uses a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan for those times when the back pain just will not stop. When work duties or chores leave 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.
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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 recuperated from her back pain episode with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and even be able to shovel snow!
Schedule your Juneau chiropractic visit soon. We help our Juneau workers and weekend warriors avert and recuperate from spine pain.
