Daily laborer or weekend warrior…how to do get ready
for spine-demanding tasks? What do you do when you need
to relocate a weighty box? Get the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” option
may be the superior approach! Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC proposes
back braces for back pain patients who may benefit from
their support. We also propose self-controlled actions
to La Grande back pain sufferers to safeguard 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 directed
to wear back belts at work with the intention of lessening
low back pain or injury. 1380 published medical studies were reviewed.
Reviewers uncovered no consistent evidence for back brace
use to stop low back pain or occupational back pain in
workers. Absenteeism wasn’t decreased 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 La Grande 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 La Grande back pain specialist at Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC comes in to determine what is optimal for each back pain sufferer. Each La Grande
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 reduce back pain for a few doesn’t
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-controlled,
pre-activity motion, a deliberate way of enhancing
spine stiffness to limit spine displacement ahead of a spine-demanding task. It seems to
work according to researchers! Abdominal bracing is individually
controlled. In a new study, abdominal bracing significantly lessened
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 most
of lumbar spine levels when challenging trunk flexion
demands are met with abdominal bracing. (2) It’s
worth knowing how to do! Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is ready to show
you how to do this worthy move as part of your La Grande
chiropractic treatment plan!
SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK
PAIN
Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC 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.
CONTACT Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
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 be able to
shovel snow!
Schedule your La Grande chiropractic
visit soon. We help our La Grande workers and
weekend warriors avert and recover from spine
pain.