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McHenry 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 have to move a heavy package? Reach for the back brace or brace yourself? The “brace yourself” option may be the superior approach! OrthoIllinois Chiropractic recommends back braces for back pain patients who may be helped by their support. We also propose self-controlled actions to McHenry 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 directed to wear back belts at work with the intention of lessening low back pain or injury. 1380 published medical studies were considered. Reviewers uncovered no consistent evidence for back brace use to prevent low back pain or occupational back pain in workers. Absenteeism wasn’t decreased 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 McHenry 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) Deciding whether to use a belt or not is where your McHenry back pain specialist at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic comes in to figure out what is best for each back pain sufferer. Each McHenry back pain sufferer – office worker, factory worker, family manager, etc. - is unique and must be considered individually. Having all workers wear a back brace to try to reduce back pain for a few does not 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 ahead of a spine-demanding job. It seems to work according to researchers! Abdominal bracing is personally 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 stimulated 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 is worth knowing how to do! OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is prepared to show you how to do this worthy movement as part of your McHenry chiropractic treatment plan!

SPINAL MANIPULATION WORKS FOR BACK PAIN

OrthoIllinois Chiropractic offers 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 combines 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 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 McHenry chiropractic appointment soon. We help our McHenry workers and weekend warriors avert and recover from spine pain. 

 
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic 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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