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Lumbar supports for low back pain? Wait.

by Marijke Durning, RN on April 27th, 2008

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They’re everywhere - you see movers with them, people who work with heavy objects have them, even people in homes if they have a history of lower back pain have them handy: lumbar support belts.

Now - surprise, surprise - there’s news that the lumbar supports may not be helping you with your lower back pain. You know - it’s really frustrating if you’re someone living with chronic pain to be told (often!) that what you have been doing to help yourself is not so good for you after all.

According to a review written about in the article Lumbar Supports Not Particularly Effective for Low Back Pain, lumbar support belts “are no more effective than lifting education — or no treatment whatsoever — in preventing related pain or reducing disability in those who suffer from the condition.”

Great. What are they going to debunk next?

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POSTED IN: Back & neck pain, Ergonomics & Exercise, Pain Management, Prevention of Pain

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