Friday, November 02, 2012

Products for Pain

A good mattress will protect the back for the many hours that you are in bed. A mattress that properly supports the body will also be a very important element in helping relieve stress on the muscles and joints of the back. The most important information needed for finding a correct mattress to support the back involves knowing what position you sleep in.
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Finding the Right Chair or Seat Insert Cushion
Whether you sit for minutes or hours, you can't underestimate the value of proper posture while sitting. It has been demonstrated that at times there can be as much as six times the amount of stress on your back when you sit than while laying down. Fortunately you can lower the amount of stress placed on the spine with proper back support. To accomplish this, first you must decide whether the chair you use presently is adequate for your needs. A good chair will be able to provide your lower back with proper lumbar pressure. This pressure will keep the curve of the spine in this area supported in the normal position. When a proper lumbar support is not provided with your chair, an insert lumbar cushion can accomplish this. The size of the cushion is very important, as too much lumbar support can compress and irritate the spine. A good working ergonomic type of chair can be adjusted to allow tilting and height control of the seat and chair back. Here are some tips for adjusting your chair properly: Adjust the height of the chair to allow your feet to rest comfortably on the floor. Adjusting the tilt angle of the seat will change the position of your pelvis, thereby shifting the back towards or away from the seat back. Tilting the front of the seat downward will bring your lower back into extension and thus increase the lower lumbar curve. Tilting the front of the seat upward will bring your lower back into flexion and thus decrease your lumbar curve. Combine the seat angle tilt with the seat back tilt for optimal support of the back. If the seat back height can be adjusted, make sure the small of your back fits with the part of the seat back which curves outward to support the lower back. If these adjustments still do not support the spine properly, you will definitely need a lumbar insert cushion or more ergonomically correct chair. Insert cushions will need to have height adjustability to fit correctly. This is usually achieved with a strap that allows you to set the height of the cushion to the thickest part against the small of your back. Each person's spine curves differently, so another important feature that some back support cushions provide is the ability to adjust the size of the lumbar thickness to customize the fit.
Back braces can be necessary when an injury creates instability to the spinal column, as it will protect the back from further injury. Soft back braces can be useful for support of fatigued muscles and allow temporary relief to the irritated tissue in the initial stage of injury. However, wearing a back brace for prolonged periods after the area has finished with the initial healing stage can also weaken the back musculature over time, as the muscles will rely on the brace to keep good posture. While too much movement of the back may cause exacerbation of the Spondylolisthesis, completely preventing movementof the area has been shown to hinder the healing process. The best solution is to find a brace that puts pressure directly over the irritated area only, thereby protecting the tissue, but also allowing the rest of the back muscles to still be used. Short term use of a back brace will not cause any weakening of the back muscles. If the muscles are completely not used for prolonged periods they will weaken over time. To avoid this, once the injury has healed sufficiently enough, use a back brace only to support the back during any activity that requires protection for the spine. It can be noted that the use of a brace while sleeping should not cause the muscles to weaken, but many patients find that overusing the brace can become irritating to the skin underneath. Most of the patients we survey tell us that using a back brace which puts direct pressure over the irritated area provides instant relief.

Lumbar (low back) traction can be accomplished through various products which keep the pelvis stationary while using gravity to force separation of the vertebrae and thereby open the spinal canals that the nerves exit through. However, the multifidous muscle which attaches to the lumbar vertebrae may not allow the separation of the vertebrae if the muscle is in too much spasm. Some types of traction allow for better separation when the multifidous muscle is in spasm. One such type of traction is performed by doctors of chiropractic through applying pressure manually to the spine while a flexing table tractions the spine in
a downward motion. This is especially useful when the vertebrae have slipped forward on one another as they will be temporarily moved back to their normal position during this process. In the earlier stages, light traction can provide an unloading of the spine, thereby releasing the nerve pressure between each segment created from a decrease in circulation and an increase of inflammation within the joint space. In later stages, traction combined with body movement may also help to break up scar tissue build up between the joints. When the muscles are in too much spasm to allow for this type of traction, upright types of traction units can enable a person to move their body during the therapy to avoid further muscle spasm, while providing a relieving therapy to the spine. Home traction units may be beneficial, but caution should be taken not to apply too much traction too quickly to the back, as this may initiate a spasm to the surrounding musculature. Therefore, only traction units which can gradually increase the separating of the vertebrae and allow unloading of the spine without reaching too much drastic pull would be recommended. For home use we recommend a seated traction therapy where a person is able to move the body to help avoid any muscle spasm of the back while taking pressure off the spine
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