West Des Moines 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 must move a heavy box? Get the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” alternative may be the superior approach! Executive Chiropractic of Iowa proposes back braces for back pain patients who may be helped by their support. We also propose self-controlled actions to West Des Moines 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 lessening low back pain or injury. 1380 published medical studies were reviewed. Reviewers found no consistent evidence for back belt use to prevent low back pain or occupational back pain in workers. Absenteeism was not reduced with back belt wearing 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 West Des Moines 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 West Des Moines back pain specialist at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa comes in to determine what is best for each back pain sufferer. Each West Des Moines back pain sufferer – office worker, factory worker, family manager, etc. - is distinctive and must be considered individually. Putting a back brace on all workers to try 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-regulated, 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 recent study, abdominal bracing significantly reduced 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 activated all abdominal and back muscles. Flexion motion was limited at the majority of lumbar spine levels when abrupt trunk flexion demands are encountered with abdominal bracing. (2) It’s worth knowing how to do! Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is ready to demonstrate you how to do this worthy move as part of your West Des Moines chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK PAIN
Executive Chiropractic of Iowa uses a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan for those times when the back pain just won’t go away. 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.
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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 recovered from her back pain episode with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and even enable her to shovel snow!
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