Manahawkin 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 move a weighty box? Get the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” alternative may be the better approach! Manahawkin Chiropractic Center proposes back braces for back pain patients who may be helped by their support. We also propose self-controlled activities to Manahawkin back pain sufferers to protect the spine when its use is demanded (moving boxes, digging holes, vacuuming, 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 brace use to prevent low back pain or occupational back pain in workers. Absenteeism wasn’t decreased 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 Manahawkin 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) Deciding whether to use a belt or not is where your Manahawkin back pain specialist at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center comes in to figure out what is optimal for each back pain sufferer. Each Manahawkin 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 reduce back pain for a few doesn’t work as this paper demonstrates 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 task. It appears 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 sudden trunk flexion demands are met with abdominal bracing. (2) It is worth knowing how to do! Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is eager to demonstrate you how to do this worthy step as part of your Manahawkin chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK PAIN
Manahawkin Chiropractic Center presents 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 significance 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 Manahawkin chiropractic visit soon. We help our Manahawkin workers and weekend warriors avert and recover from spine pain.
