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West Palm Beach 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 tasks? What do you do when you need to relocate a heavy box? Reach for the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” option may be the better approach! Chiropractic Care proposes back braces for back pain patients who may benefit from their support. We also propose self-controlled activities to West Palm Beach back pain sufferers to safeguard the spine when its use is required (moving boxes, digging holes, raking, 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 considered. Reviewers found no consistent evidence for back brace use to avoid low back pain or occupational back pain in workers. Absenteeism wasn’t reduced with back belt utilization either. (1) Mind you, this review was of back brace wearing by asymptomatic workers. In this situation, the back belt is not for everyone. Now for West Palm Beach 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 West Palm Beach back pain specialist at Chiropractic Care comes in to determine what is optimal for each back pain sufferer. Each West Palm Beach back pain sufferer – office worker, factory worker, family manager, etc. - is distinctive and must be considered individually. Having all workers wear a back brace to try 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-controlled, pre-activity motion, a voluntary way of increasing spine stiffness to constrain spine displacement before doing a spine-demanding job. It appears 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) through 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 the majority of lumbar spine levels when abrupt trunk flexion demands are met with abdominal bracing. (2) It’s worth knowing how to do! Chiropractic Care is eager to show you how to do this worthy step as part of your West Palm Beach chiropractic treatment plan!

SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK PAIN

Chiropractic Care offers 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 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 significance 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 West Palm Beach chiropractic appointment soon. We help our West Palm Beach workers and weekend warriors prevent and recover from spine pain. 

 
Chiropractic Care takes care of weekend warriors and daily laborers alike and directs them to the best way to protect their spines during work and projects.  
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