Update: This deal is available again w/ new promo code.
BMS Distribution via Amazon has
Modvel Lower Back Lumbar Support Brace (Various Sizes) on sale below
from $15.46 when you apply promo code
TDN58OQG during checkout.
Shipping is free w/ Prime or on $25+ or $35+ orders (minimum requirement varies by location).
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Available Sizes (prices after code
TDN58OQG):
About this Item:
- Use this posture corrector brace to reduce pain felt in your lower back while at work and active
- Flexible elastic mesh and adjustable velcro straps
- Size Recommendations (measured at the navel):
- Small: 23.6-29.5"
- Medium: 29.5-35.4"
- Large: 35.4-41.3"
- X-Large: 41.3-45.2"
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The back brace gives to external support to stabilize the spine, thus minimizing the motion at facets joints. Normally this work is performed by paraspinal muscles (multifidus). Once you wear this regularly, you are going to lose the bulk and strength of your paraspinals. If you wear this all the time, it is like wearing a cast/brace and you will lose 50% muscle mass/strength in a few weeks, but it takes several weeks and core exercises to get that mass back. The sarcopenia (muscle loss) starts in 2 weeks.
We use to tell the patients, if you wear this all the time, you are married to it and you will die with it.
Having said this, the use of this brace is: after back fusion surgery to help for a few weeks, after osteoporosis related compression fracture to stabilize spine, use on a very temporary basis to lift heavy objects (think Home Depot loader). There were a few patients who wore it temporarily while riding a car on a bumpy road. That's all, nothing more.
I can not emphasize enough the need for regular core strengthening exercises to make both back and abdominal muscles stronger to support your spine, rather than use these braces. It takes several months with regular exercises but then you are set and have a back pain free life.
All the best!
Edit: Those who DMed me for the PDFs, I can't send PDFs via DM back. Will need email to attach PDF. Thanks
First, never wear these against skin, they are not designed for regular washing. Febreeze is your friend. Secondly, keeping it warm is a totally different function than support. It is an important distinction, I had a horrible flare-up due to a sudden cold front coming in that led to my first MRI. Warmth is from large reheatable pads, or electric heating pads that you must be careful not to overheat your tissue and even cause damage. I'm not a doctor, but when I was in the initial stages of wearing a back brace, I found you need to be wearing it before you start the activity that causes the problems. I had over a decade of luck with Meloxicam, a COX2 inhibitor, but it has caused enough kidney damage that I've had to cut the dose in half. If you have good hygiene for your back, then strengthen your core back muscles before it reaches the point it causes more damage due to inflammation. You want a good physical therapist, working with a spinal disease specialist, so they can tailor it to your specifics.
There are lumbar injections, but they have their own risks. They have been turned into a routine procedure, though many studies show they are more palliative, as in make it hurt less, but don't seem to make that big a change to when you must have spinal surgery. Plus there are risks that can cause, depending of the study, permanent damage or even cripple you. It's all a series of tradeoffs. I have been losing weight, and if I can keep it off I'm going to look into some of the corsettes designed for regular wear by people with back problems. Losing weight, and then resting more of my weight on the top of my pelvic and the base of my ribs, will hopefully let me delay surgery.
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This is the one SD had in June, I assume a newer Modvel model. It doesn't have the insert, and the side panels are the only stretching elements. Plus they have a kind of sliding buckle type rig with a narrow velcro end to help finish tightening up the brace, and no insert for lumbar support.
For me this works with an old white brace I received when I was first diagnosed with degenerative spinal disease nine years ago. As a new outer layer, holding the much larger near rigid molded insert, it works very well. As a stand alone brace, I would not use it for any serious lifting. I would purchase the OP version here, or for slightly more the Mueller.
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The back brace gives to external support to stabilize the spine, thus minimizing the motion at facets joints. Normally this work is performed by paraspinal muscles (multifidus). Once you wear this regularly, you are going to lose the bulk and strength of your paraspinals. If you wear this all the time, it is like wearing a cast/brace and you will lose 50% muscle mass/strength in a few weeks, but it takes several weeks and core exercises to get that mass back. The sarcopenia (muscle loss) starts in 2 weeks.
We use to tell the patients, if you wear this all the time, you are married to it and you will die with it.
Having said this, the use of this brace is: after back fusion surgery to help for a few weeks, after osteoporosis related compression fracture to stabilize spine, use on a very temporary basis to lift heavy objects (think Home Depot loader). There were a few patients who wore it temporarily while riding a car on a bumpy road. That's all, nothing more.
I can not emphasize enough the need for regular core strengthening exercises to make both back and abdominal muscles stronger to support your spine, rather than use these braces. It takes several months with regular exercises but then you are set and have a back pain free life.
All the best!
Edit: Those who DMed me for the PDFs, I can't send PDFs via DM back. Will need email to attach PDF. Thanks
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The back brace gives to external support to stabilize the spine, thus minimizing the motion at facets joints. Normally this work is performed by paraspinal muscles (multifidus). Once you wear this regularly, you are going to lose the bulk and strength of your paraspinals. If you wear this all the time, it is like wearing a cast/brace and you will lose 50% muscle mass/strength in a few weeks, but it takes several weeks and core exercises to get that mass back. The sarcopenia (muscle loss) starts in 2 weeks.
We use to tell the patients, if you wear this all the time, you are married to it and you will die with it.
Having said this, the use of this brace is: after back fusion surgery to help for a few weeks, after osteoporosis related compression fracture to stabilize spine, use on a very temporary basis to lift heavy objects (think Home Depot loader). There were a few patients who wore it temporarily while riding a car on a bumpy road. That's all, nothing more.
I can not emphasize enough the need for regular core strengthening exercises to make both back and abdominal muscles stronger to support your spine, rather than use these braces. It takes several months with regular exercises but then you are set and have a back pain free life.
All the best!
The back brace gives to external support to stabilize the spine, thus minimizing the motion at facets joints. Normally this work is performed by paraspinal muscles (multifidus). Once you wear this regularly, you are going to lose the bulk and strength of your paraspinals. If you wear this all the time, it is like wearing a cast/brace and you will lose 50% muscle mass/strength in a few weeks, but it takes several weeks and core exercises to get that mass back. The sarcopenia (muscle loss) starts in 2 weeks.
We use to tell the patients, if you wear this all the time, you are married to it and you will die with it.
Having said this, the use of this brace is: after back fusion surgery to help for a few weeks, after osteoporosis related compression fracture to stabilize spine, use on a very temporary basis to lift heavy objects (think Home Depot loader). There were a few patients who wore it temporarily while riding a car on a bumpy road. That's all, nothing more.
I can not emphasize enough the need for regular core strengthening exercises to make both back and abdominal muscles stronger to support your spine, rather than use these braces. It takes several months with regular exercises but then you are set and have a back pain free life.
All the best!
5 of each twice a day and then a month later 10 of each twice a day.
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5 of each twice a day and then a month later 10 of each twice a day.
DM me and I can email you a PDF which I may have saved.
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First, never wear these against skin, they are not designed for regular washing. Febreeze is your friend. Secondly, keeping it warm is a totally different function than support. It is an important distinction, I had a horrible flare-up due to a sudden cold front coming in that led to my first MRI. Warmth is from large reheatable pads, or electric heating pads that you must be careful not to overheat your tissue and even cause damage. I'm not a doctor, but when I was in the initial stages of wearing a back brace, I found you need to be wearing it before you start the activity that causes the problems. I had over a decade of luck with Meloxicam, a COX2 inhibitor, but it has caused enough kidney damage that I've had to cut the dose in half. If you have good hygiene for your back, then strengthen your core back muscles before it reaches the point it causes more damage due to inflammation. You want a good physical therapist, working with a spinal disease specialist, so they can tailor it to your specifics.
There are lumbar injections, but they have their own risks. They have been turned into a routine procedure, though many studies show they are more palliative, as in make it hurt less, but don't seem to make that big a change to when you must have spinal surgery. Plus there are risks that can cause, depending of the study, permanent damage or even cripple you. It's all a series of tradeoffs. I have been losing weight, and if I can keep it off I'm going to look into some of the corsettes designed for regular wear by people with back problems. Losing weight, and then resting more of my weight on the top of my pelvic and the base of my ribs, will hopefully let me delay surgery.
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