Choose a suitable waist belt

cc In sports, the waist is often tense because of excessive resistance exercise, high-intensity load-bearing muscles, and soreness. Wearing a suitable material and specifications of the waist protector can effectively protect the waist tissue and prevent sports injuries.

The above two are two types of waist support belts that are common in the market. For patients with protruding lumbar discs, most of them are used to pressurize and support the waist.

First, pressurize. Apply a certain amount of pressure to the muscles to adjust the balance of exercise forces. To a certain extent strengthen muscle strength and reduce swelling. Muscles are stimulated during exercise, metabolism is accelerated, and the amount of water in muscle cells increases, resulting in a feeling of swelling in the cells. Appropriate pressure can help make exercise easier and more powerful.

Second, support. A harder waist supporter can provide a certain amount of support during exercise, supporting the waist that is bent too much, reducing the force on its muscles, and protecting the waist from sprains or soreness. Some functional lumbar backs are attached with a metal sheet, which can effectively provide greater support and prevent accidental injuries. The back of this lumbar back is generally higher.

This belt is not suitable for all patients with lumbar disc protrusion!

Because human muscles have memory, long-term use of the waist belt will make the waist muscles dependent. If the waist muscles cannot be effectively exercised, the muscles will atrophy and the support force will make up for it.

If you use the belt for a long time, it will limit the bending of the waist and your muscles will be stiff.

If the waist belt is too tight, it will cause symptoms of poor local blood circulation and other diseases.

Therefore, the waistband is only suitable for patients in the acute stage, and it can be used when the movement of the waist is not normal and the waist cannot stand normally. After the lumbar pain is treated or relieved, the wearing time should be appropriately reduced until the use is completely stopped.

In addition, there is another kind of waist belt, also known as "plastic waist belt", which is well known to women. It is mainly for body shaping, burning fat, adjusting tightness, and applying proper pressure to help lose weight and shape body. In doing waist-related exercises, pressurizing, heat-absorbing and sweat-absorbent waistband can accelerate the decomposition of fat.

This type of plastic belt or body shaper is also not suitable for long-term wear, because using external force to bind the waist muscles for a long time will cause local blood circulation to be poor, thus affecting the blood circulation and metabolic functions of the whole body. Individuals can cause symptoms such as bodily swelling, chest tightness, shortness of breath (blood supply problems).