Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do get ready
for spine-demanding tasks? What do you do when you have to move a heavy package? Get the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” option
may be the better approach! Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office proposes
back braces for back pain patients who may benefit from
their support. We also propose self-controlled activities
to Groton back pain sufferers to protect the spine
when its use is required (hefting 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 lessening
low back pain or injury. 1380 published medical studies were considered.
Reviewers uncovered no consistent evidence for back belt
use to prevent 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 circumstance,
the back belt is not for everyone. Now for Groton 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 Groton back pain specialist at Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office comes in to figure
out what is best for each back pain sufferer. Each Groton
back pain sufferer – office worker, factory worker, family manager, etc. - is distinctive
and must be addressed individually. Putting a back brace on all workers in an effort to reduce back pain for a few does not
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 increasing
spine stiffness to restrict 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 reduced
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 abrupt trunk flexion
demands are met with abdominal bracing. (2) It is
worth knowing how to do! Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office is eager to show
you how to do this worthy move as part of your Groton
chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK
PAIN
Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office presents
a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan for those occasions
when the back pain just won’t 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 Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
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 Groton chiropractic
appointment soon. We help our Groton workers and
weekend warriors prevent and recover from spine
pain.