Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do get ready
for spine-demanding tasks? What do you do when you must move a heavy package? Reach
for the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” option
may be the better approach! The Novelli Wellness Center recommends
back braces for back pain patients who may benefit from
their support. We also propose self-controlled actions
to Buffalo, NY 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 reducing
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 Buffalo, NY 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)
Deciding whether to use a belt or not is where
your Buffalo, NY back pain specialist at The Novelli Wellness Center comes in to figure
out what is optimal for each back pain sufferer. Each Buffalo, NY
back pain sufferer – office worker, factory worker, family manager, etc. - is unique
and must be addressed individually. Having all workers wear
a back brace to try
to decrease back pain for a few doesn’t
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-monitored,
pre-activity motion, a voluntary way of enhancing
spine stiffness to constrain spine displacement ahead of a spine-demanding job. 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 activated all abdominal and back
muscles. Flexion motion was limited at most
of lumbar spine levels when challenging trunk flexion
demands are encountered with abdominal bracing. (2) It is
worth knowing how to do! The Novelli Wellness Center is prepared to show
you how to do this worthy movement as part of your Buffalo, NY
chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK
PAIN
The Novelli Wellness Center uses
a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan for those times
when the back pain just will not 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.
CONTACT The Novelli Wellness Center
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 be able to
shovel snow!
Schedule your Buffalo, NY chiropractic
visit soon. We help our Buffalo, NY workers and
weekend warriors avert and recuperate from spine
pain.