Once you feel
low back pain, you do not want to feel it again.
Back pain, though, is not typically a one and done condition,
yet life goes on and takes you with it. Pain
diminishes. You start moving and performing
what you did prior. Your
activities of daily life get finished. Sometimes,
it takes a bit longer to get back to the activities
and/or the way you do the activities. Back belts may come in handy
with these lingering issues of Murfreesboro back pain.
BACK BELTS
FOR WORKERS WHO LIFT, BEND, TWIST
A
study of material handlers with back pain assessed the use of
extensible, non-extensible, and no belts in back pain patients and healthy control volunteers. The researchers
checked for two outcomes: pain-related and biomechanical. As
far as biomechanical outcomes go, both the belt types decreased
lumbar spine range of motion equally in low back pain patients and
in healthy volunteers doing small and deep trunk flexion
motions. (Yay!) Both belts also decreased pain, the fear of pain,
and the catastrophizing of pain in the back pain patients. (Another great
outcome!) Belts may permit for a steady
return to physical work activities to prevent disability or sustain
the motion of these activities after a low back pain episode. (1) Most Chiropractic Clinic appreciates these additions to the healing process.
BACK BELTS
FOR OFFICE WORKERS
Another
study of extensible, non-extensible, and no belt use in low back pain office
workers was performed. Biomechanically, belt use in all three
groups (those with back pain who wore either type of belt and those
who were healthy office workers) benefitted sit-to-stand
movement. For the back pain patients, belt use decreased pain
intensity, pain-related anxiety, and pain catastrophizing. The researchers proposed
that either type of belt may be beneficial in daily life activities of patients with low back pain and of healthy
office workers. (2) Most Chiropractic Clinic backs the use of tools that
keep our Murfreesboro back pain patients active and mobile
and confident in their ability to be active and moving. We work with
our patients to design a Murfreesboro chiropractic treatment plan that may or may not include
a back belt and watch its use so that it
remains a helpful tool and not a hindrance to recovery.
USING A BACK
BELT
We don’t
want you to fear using a back brace for a while. There is
some controversy over belt use, but a back belt may also help as shown
in these studies. Know that Most Chiropractic Clinic will work with you and
your specific condition as to whether back belt use may be of value.
All of us just want pain relief and a return to activities that you enjoy.
CONTACT
Most Chiropractic Clinic
Listen to
this PODCAST
with Dr. Nate McKee on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. He discusses his
use of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for treating
spinal stenosis and associated balance issues for which one test
is the sit-to-stand test described in these studies.
Make your Murfreesboro chiropractic appointment
soon. Murfreesboro chiropractic care understands
the desire to not ever feel back pain again. We want our
Murfreesboro back pain patients to know that there is hope,
there is a way, and there is a return to life and its activities via
tools like back belts integrated into a treatment plan alongside
spinal manipulation, nutrition, exercise, etc.