For the treatment of the spine is not always enough exercise and medication. Modern adaptations allow not only to facilitate treatment, but also to prevent disease. One such means is a corset for the spine.
What is useful orthopedic corset for the spine?
The function of the orthopedic corset for the spine is to unload the problem areas of the back due to the support that rigid ribs create. Compression properties provide increased pressure of the thoracic region of the back. Thus, the pressure on the interdisk space of the spine decreases, which makes it possible to reduce further dislocation of the discs and deformation of the vertebrae. So, a quality corset for the spine will provide you:
- reduction of pain in injuries and diseases of the spine;
- reliable support of the spine and dorsal muscles after operations;
- correction of posture in scoliosis;
- increased blood circulation of the problem areas of the back due to the quality of the corset tissue;
- prevention of diseases of the musculoskeletal system with increased loads.
How to choose corsets for the spine?
After the operations or injuries of the lumbar spine, the corset helps to facilitate the rehabilitation process and reduce pain syndromes by fixing the injured area. But there are many diseases of the spine. Therefore, the models of corsets are so diverse.
Depending on the purpose, you need to choose a corset that will perform exactly those functions that will ensure proper treatment and prevention:
- The corset for the thoracic spine is a bandage system resembling a waistcoat that fastens under the breast. It is quite well around the chest, made of elastic fabric with metal or plastic tires inside. To wear such a corset is recommended for weakened muscles of the chest for correction of posture, with bulging shoulder blades, and also for osteochondrosis of the thoracic spine. Also, the system is used as a corset for straightening the spine.
- At fractures of a backbone, except for a cervical department, recommend a plaster corset. But during the rehabilitation period, or in those cases when it is impossible to apply the plaster corset, use an extensory corset. A corset with a compression fracture of the spine should perform the task of an unbending element, which will help restore the height of the vertebra.
- Hard corset for the spine performs the function of supporting the internal organs with weakened muscular activity. He is appointed for permanent wearing after injuries and operations on the spine.
- The corset for the lumbar spine is a wide belt that has rigid longitudinal or cross plastic or metal inserts. It is recommended to be worn as a corset for the spine with hernias and dislocations of the lumbar spine.
How to wear a corset for the spine?
To wear a corset gave a positive result, you need to know some rules of its use:
- Wear a corset for the spine only when necessary. Using the corset without reason can lead to weakening of the back muscles, which leads to an increased strain on the spine in the future and its deformation.
- The time of continuous wearing of a corset is 6 hours a day. You need to remove the corset for the night.
- For the duration of work with weights it is necessary to wear a corset, taking it off during breaks.
- Painful sensations in radiculitis and osteochondrosis give an occasion to put on a corset, which will also perform a warming function. If the period of acute pain is past, and the wearing time has exceeded 6 hours, the corset should be removed.
- To put on a corset for a backbone it is necessary strictly under the instruction to its or his application. The size of a corset to choose only the. Too tight a corset will lead to a violation of blood circulation, and too loose will not perform its functions.
- To check if the corset is properly tightened, try to twist it around the waist. Is lent? So you need to tighten it tight. A strong pulsation in the navel indicates too tight corset.
- Do not try to make a corset for your spine with your own hands. Wrongly calculated stiffness and position of ribs can not only reduce the effectiveness of such a corset, but also lead to disruption of the internal organs.