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  • Common confusion around back brace for posture correction or back pain relief


    To brace or not to brace?   When you are experiencing low back pain, an easy solution is to pick up a back brace to support your spine.  The theory makes sense as a back brace helps your spine from moving too much.  When you are in pain, such as a lower back pain due to a muscle spasm or arthritis in back, your back feels weak and needs the extra support.  It makes logical sense that when your lower back hurts to move, a brace can reduce your back pain by limiting this movement.

    There is this counter-argument that when your body relies on a back brace, your muscles get weaker from disuse.  If you are suffering from back pain, the fear of your back muscles getting weaker is not a friendly thought.  If you ask any Physical Therapist or Chiropractor, you will hear a strong “NO!”  It will sound like there is no wiggle room.  Black and white answer.

    Why are weight-lifters wearing those belts to lift then?  Does that make them weak to lift heavy?  Huh?   There are times we go to Walmart or Home Depot, to see the warehouse employees wear back braces as a uniform.  Are they more at risk of hurting themselves or weakened their posture?

    In an analysis of many research related to this topic called a Cochrane Database Systematic Review, Negrini S in 2015 showed that there are not many conclusive articles that support a strong yes or no position to wearing a brace or not.  As a Holistic Spine and Sports Medicine Physical Therapist Clinic in Long Beach, California, we have heard this question many times “What are your thoughts of wearing a back brace for my back pain (or posture)?” (more…)

  • How to Prepare For Cyber Monday Olympics (Neck + Arm Event)

    Pokemon-Go-Launches-in-Brazil-Ahead-of-OlympicsCyber Monday is becoming a bigger phenomenon in our modern society as we shift towards the internet of things.  Smartphones have hyper-drive cyber Monday even busier, however, our bodies are not designed for spending hours on the small phone devices or at a desk looking for these deals.

    smartphone-570214_1280This article will dive into 3 exercises that are designed to help keep your upper body limber so you do not get any unwanted tendinitis, stiff neck syndrome, or nerve irritation.  Yes, we have seen an uptick in this diagnosis more and we would like to explain why these exercises are important and how it can help you enjoy your Christmas and online presents for yourself.

    Our body will protect your nerves at all cost.  The nerves depend on two things to stay healthy: blood and lymphatic circulation.  Lymphatic circulation is the system that works with our immune system to fight unwanted things and detox them towards our lymph nodes.  There is a hierarchy in who is the boss of our body.  Our brain tells our nerve what to do.  Our nerve talks to our muscles and tells it to move, relax, or freeze up into a muscle spasm.

    Anatomically, our nerves are strategically at the parts of your body that are intentionally protected.  Our ulnar (funny bone nerve), median (carpal tunnel nerve), and radial nerve run under the surface of our arm.  Deeply under our collarbone, chest muscles, and armpit region.

    How is your posture going to impact the nerves and its health?

    If you round your shoulder forward and/or stick your chin out as you type, you are slowing the circulation of vital nutrients to the nerve.   Imagine your plumbing system being slowed down by weeds and waste like my kids putting play-doh down the toilet.  (more…)