Introducing the SPRINGZBACK™, revolutionary new back supports, spring loading braces that serve as back assisting devices. Effectively relieves lower back strain as it supports your upper body while bending and lifting.
Unlike back belts, these uniquely effective back braces actually supports your upper body while you bend, this prevents lower back fatique & strain, the main causes of lower back spinal disc injuries & pain.
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BENDING BRACES FOR LOW BACK STRAIN
Prevent Backache Pain from Overuse, Use Back Braces Designed for Bending & Lifting
The Springzback™ back supporting braces are designed for preventing and relieving your bending related backache pain. They provide you upper body support while you’re bending forward, thereby assisting, even eliminating your lower back muscle strain. Through the prevention of back strain you reduce your lower back abuse that can cause you various forms of lower back injuries, injuries that could leave you with chronic back pain.
Unlike widely used lumbar belt supports (also referred to as “back” or “lifting” belts), the Springzback™ braces provide a patented system that engages with your chest for supporting your upper body while you’re bending forward and transfers your overhanging upper body weight to the fronts of your legs. This transferred load also serves in assisting your quadricepts when you’re in a squatting position, thus making it easier to lift something using your legs (as you are suppose to).
The Springzback™ provides lower back strain relief similar to what you would experience if you were to prop your hands above your knees while bending over. These braces are for those times when you need your hands free for other uses while needing to maintain a forward bending posture. Because you wear these devices, they move around with you, always providing a comfortable upper body support right when & where you need it.
What you can’t see lies at the heart of these unique supporting braces, an internal compact two stage adjustably compressive differential device. Its job is to allow for free opposing leg movements (as when walking), yet supports you by engaging with, dividing and transferring your upper body weight anytime you’re bending forward, and it does this equally to the fronts of both legs regardless of their positions.
Because the leg engagements contact your upper legs, these braces function the same whether you’re standing, kneeling or sitting, thus providing their upper body support effect during almost any activity. In addition, these unique and patented devices provide a gradient compressive resistance that you can alter quickly and easily. By simply twisting its adjustment knob, you can dial-in your optimal amount of back assisting.
Some specific work examples (also referred to as stoop labor) where these back support braces could be especially beneficial include: shoveling, raking, gardening, brick/block-laying, floor covering installation, factory assembly line work, utility work, deliveries, material handling, loading docks and roofing. Other types of professionals that could benefit from these braces include: surgeons, dentists, nurses (and other health care personnel), carpenters & mechanics.
These assisting braces could help in relieving back strain while performing just about any activity where frequent and/or prolonged lower back abusive work activities exist. OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration) expects employers to minimize stoop labor exposures, but due to the previous lack of good solutions to many situations, the topic has often been avoided. Many employers have adopted a policy of using back belts for activities involving lifting, carrying or prolonged bending, but there is an ever increasing amount of research documentation concluding that back belts are ineffective at preventing back injuries; there are a couple of reasons for this.
First of all, lifting belts do not reduce the load to your lower back, they only help support your spine in a more upright position to better handle the loads imposed on its discs. And although that is a good thing, belts simply do what your stomach muscles should be doing, which is to tighten up as you lift or bend. This compresses your insides thus shores up (supports) your spine, just like tightening-up a lumbar belt around your mid section, but neither action actually relieves the strain on your lower back muscles or the compressive forces on your discs.
The second problem is a side affect from wearing a belt too much or for too long. The more you wear, and rely on a belt, the more your stomach muscles de-condition, then when you go to lift something without the belt on, your back ends up being even more susceptible to injury. This is why you hear so much these days about core strengthening. By strengthening your abdominal muscles, you create an internal lifting belt. Although many people would greatly benefit from a good core strengthening program, even that has its limits.
The fact remains that many jobs are simply more than our backs can safely tolerate on a day to day basis. There are ways in which you could lessen your back abuse through altering the way in which you perform your bending and lifting duties, but most are quite unpopular with employers, they include:
a) cutting back on the frequency of your abuse (daily and weekly basis)
b) taking more rest breaks
c) taking longer rest breaks
d) reducing the amount of weight you’re lifting (including your upper body weight)
e) modifying the job to reduce the amount of bending or lifting
For many situations, using a Springzback™ to give your back a rest while continuing your back abusive duties would be the most feasible solution.
Not so long ago employers of stoop labor jobs simply relied on their employees to quit when their backs could no longer tolerate their jobs; some were even fired. OSHA, Workers’ Compensation and the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) have greatly changed this scene. Now days employers are held liable for the safety and well being of their employees.
Most businesses today can face stiff OSHA fines, costly Workers’ Compensation claims, lost production and more when it comes to back injuries; these are significant monetary incentives for businesses to prevent injuries and keep their employees healthy.
For as long as man has been overworking his back there has been a genuine need for a more effective, yet practical back injury prevention device. The back belt has been a cheap bandage on a serious problem and it has finally been exposed as such.
By now you may be asking yourself, wouldn’t the Springzback™ also de-condition me just like a back belt? The answer is no. The Springzback™ actually reduces the load of your upper body while bending. You choose the amount of assist you get by dialing its adjustment knob. Typically, you would start out with a slight assist, then as you grow tired, you would increase the resistance to increase your upper body support.
In fact, at times you would actually have to use your stomach muscles to overcome the chest supporting plate, but again, this is a matter of your adjustment preference. The harness that you wear (that attaches to this device) secures around your hips, not your waist. This leaves your stomach free to move in and out for diaphragm style breathing (as we are meant to do).
If you’re already dealing with back issues, these supports could help you get through your work shift without aggravating your existing condition, and generally speaking, the longer you can go without re-aggravating your back, the more resistant your lower back will become to further aggravation.
Unfortunately, some advanced back conditions may be to the point where any bending, even with this brace, could possibly cause you further pain and injury. It is best to check with your healthcare provider on whether or not this assisting device may be appropriate for your condition and/or situation.
With all that being said, if you can still function fairly normally, these supports should amaze you. And as long as you don’t use it to increase the amount of weight you lift, your back should experience all of its benefits. In fact, because this device can enable you to lift more, you may be tempted to use it to perform heavier lifts; lifts that you couldn’t otherwise accomplish. Please, resist this temptation!
To use a sunscreen analogy: Many people put on sunscreen for the sole purpose of extending the amount of time that they can stay in the sun. Ultimately, they still end up getting burned; it just took longer. If you use these back supports to max-out your ability to lift things, you can still end up abusing your lower back.
The intent of this device is to protect your back by providing a means of supporting your upper body weight while leaning forward (thereby assisting your lower back), remember, this device will not make your back invincible. There is no substitute for knowledge, the application of proper lifting techniques and the good sense to know when enough is enough. Use this device wisely and you will reap its benefits.
Do yourself a big favor, don’t wait for your back to get any worse before you take action. If you think this may be right for you, it probably is! If you have any questions or concerns, give us a call, you’ll get honest and candid answers.
Just to be clear, we’re not claiming that this device will be the perfect solution for everyone or for every situation, but it could easily be the perfect solution for you, find out today!