Clinicians always encourage lower back pain patients to do exercise, but patient often struggle due to pain (kinesiophobia). Compression back brace and exercise are both parts of the clinician toolkit, help patient to enjoy more functional and fun exercises.
Recent research show that back brace does not cause muscle atrophy. On the contrary, the compression reduce pain, enhances sense of stability & security. With diminished pain sensation, the brain has more capacity to do the exercise better. Back brace could help to facilitate muscle building exercises, improve ROM, full body posture and coordination, therefore, reduce lower back pain.
0:00 Orthotist: Recent research show that back brace does not cause muscle atrophy
0:42 Physiotherapist: compression back brace can work together with exercise to improve LBP
1:15 Functional planking – diagonal arm and leg raise with improved stability
1:33 Upper back exercise sitting on balance ball with improved posture
1:54 Back extension exercise on balance ball with improved ROM
2:16 Crunching extension exercise on balance ball by activating the core muscle
3:00 Glute muscle training on balance ball with improved stability
3:28 Upper back resistant band exercise (vertical planking) with improved posture
3:47 Functional resistant band exercise and sports specific training with improved posture and less risky movement
4:18 LBP Optimal Loading Exercises with back brace – facilitating structural, neural, psychological adaptations and motor learning
4:42 WHO recommends active video game (AVG) while staying at home, for both physical and mental health
4:54 LBP patients can enjoy (AVG) exercises more with the help of back brace
Back brace in the video – Donjoy Immostrap
