Murfreesboro 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 weighty package? Reach for the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” option may be the better approach! Most Chiropractic Clinic proposes back braces for back pain patients who may be helped by their support. We also propose self-controlled actions to Murfreesboro back pain sufferers to safeguard the spine when its use is demanded (hefting boxes, digging holes, raking, etc.)
BACK BRACES FOR BACK PAIN PREVENTION: Not All It Seems
Asymptomatic workers were directed to wear back belts at work with the aim of lessening low back pain or injury. 1380 published medical studies were considered. Reviewers found no consistent evidence for back brace 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 use by asymptomatic workers. In this circumstance, the back belt is not for everyone. Now for Murfreesboro back pain sufferers, the back belt offers benefits. 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 Murfreesboro back pain specialist at Most Chiropractic Clinic comes in to determine what is best for each back pain sufferer. Each Murfreesboro back pain sufferer – office worker, factory worker, family manager, etc. - is distinctive and must be addressed individually. Having all workers wear a back brace in an effort to reduce back pain for a few does not 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 ahead of a spine-demanding task. 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) 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 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! Most Chiropractic Clinic is prepared to demonstrate you how to do this worthy move as part of your Murfreesboro chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK PAIN
Most Chiropractic Clinic offers 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 combines gentle, relieving spinal manipulation with specific exercise and nutritional advice to get 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 importance 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 enable her to shovel snow!
Schedule your Murfreesboro chiropractic appointment soon. We help our Murfreesboro workers and weekend warriors avert and recuperate from spine pain.
