From the Experts
Sports Medicine – In evaluating the product, Back-A-Line was reviewed by a panel of expert physicians. Some of their comments:
“The rigid, firm lumbar support is ideal, and I like the idea that there is less elasticity in the product as opposed to the current ones on the market. I believe that this belt is the best one that I have evaluated to date.”
“The product does do what it is advertised to do. If this product is used properly and at the proper time it can be very beneficial to the user. In fact as it creates or suggests better postural alignment it should call into play balanced muscle activity to activate and restore proper muscle function and thus continue to enhance strength and endurance.”
Ergonomic - A former Ergonomist of the Year, a consistent critic of industrial back belts, writes:
“Your concept of a stiffer form-fitted back belt is appealing, and is much more consistent with my own thinking than many of the soft pliable belts.”
Chiropractic - International lecturer, Inventor of the “Back Companion” and other health related products, Dr. Guy Doran writes:
“This is the first belt I have seen that provides abdominal and postural support at the same time.Some of my post surgical patients won’t go anywhere without it. The stiff, rounded quality of your lumbar pad maintains the proper lordotic alignment [spinal curve]to protect the lower spine. Promoting good posture alone should be a major contributor to back pain reduction, but the pressure of your pad against the back muscles seems to provide a further alleviating effect. I highly recommend this belt to my patients. I wish you the best. You deserve it for this product.”
AOASM - “We particularly like Back-A-Line’s design when compares with the common elastic belts seen so often these days. The risk of muscle atrophy is caused by elastic belts doing the work that the muscles would normally be recruited to do. In contrast, Back-A-Line, with its non-stretch belt, will stimulate the abdominal muscles by providing isometric resistance for them. Similarly, with its lumbar pad to promote lordosis, the Back-A-Line should stimulate the spinal muscles as well.”
The Industrial Athlete - A national network of physicians advising corporations to adopt sports medicine principles for industrial employees, providing them with conditioning, personal protective equipment and effective rehabilitation. To that end, they write:
“As the #1 category of industrial injury costs, the low back should be given a high priority. Back-A-Line, along with an effective exercise program, helps to significantly reduce that risk.”
Published Study – Extract from a Laboratory Evaluation of the Back-A-Line Support from the Center for Ergonomic Research, Miami University OH:
“results indicated that wearing the belt does appear to exert a protective effect…thereby increasing the margin of safety”
From Our Customers
“Dear Sir: Thank you very much for my belt. My pain level has dropped by at least 50 to 75 percent. Thank you again.”
“I just received the belt 4 days ago; already I have noticed a huge difference in my back and hips. I am able to move around without my usual level of pain in back, hips and legs. Thanks.” Robert H
“I want to thank you for a very good product that has changed my life. After hurting my back the second time, I had just about given up on ever being able to do a lot of things that I like to do. But because of your belt and wearing it every day for over the last year, I have been able to do most of the things that I enjoy once again.” Kevin M
“I purchased a back-a-line almost a year ago. I must admit, I wore it only a few times, then only when riding my motorcycle. I suffer from degenerative disk and scoliosis resulting in almost constant pain, full disability and inability to perform simple tasks. I am blessed with a sister-in-law who, bless her heart, badgered me until I finally started wearing the belt more often. Recently, I needed to do some severe trimming to my hedges. I honestly did not see how I could possibly accomplish this task. But I put my back-a-line on and got the pruning shears out. I spent most of the afternoon bent over clipping, piling and loading clippings in my truck. The next day, absolutely no pain whatsoever! I was truly amazed! I have worn it from the time I get up in the morning until I go to bed. I took two 200+ mile trips on my motorcycle and yet to have any back pain. You must realize this: I have had back pain since I was 18 years old. I will be 61 in September. Your product has helped me immensely.” William G
“I have owned my Back a line support for about five or six years. I mainly use it if I am going to be doing a lot of lifting or heavy labor. This is the very best injury prevention product invented.” Steve D
“I bought one of your (FANTASTIC) belts 3 years ago when my L5-S1 disk ruptured. It was the best thing I ever bought. Haven’t needed it in a long time. My back has started hurting again and the old belt is worn out, so I’m getting a new one. BTW, I’ve gotten some friends of mine to order belts from you and they love them, too. One dear lady avoided back surgery thanks to your belt.” Siri K, Mesa AZ
“I would like to say that I am a user of your product and enjoy it very much. I had an injury to my lower back in which I “slipped a disk” and had to endure two months of physiotherapy. For a living I deliver furniture and appliances for a furniture store in Ottawa, Canada. And my physiotherapist suggested that if I was to continue in this line of work and to preserve the health of my back I should strongly use the some sort of lower back support belt, which in this case, she suggested Back-A-Line. Since my injury, and using your product I must say that my back has never been so healthy.” Tim S, PA
“I had one for ten years. It really works from me. I have some pains, but only on my hips. The material on it is shredded. Co-workers and my wife make fun of it but I can’t part with it. My back thanks you.” Sara W, HI
“I must congratulate you and your company on producing an item that actually cures back pain. Your belt has cured my back pain and also made me realize how important it is to maintain a good posture. Please keep up the good work.” Rajesh D, UK
“I just wanted to drop you a note and tell you about my recent success story with the Back-A-Line support. This past week-end I was moving a picnic table, and in doing so, experienced an excruciating pain in my low back. As there were no chiropractic friends of mine to be found, I hobbled to my office and managed to put on one of the Back-A-Line belts. There was an instantaneous decrease in pain, as well as an increase in stability. Even more amazing to me was the constant attention it brought to my posture. I have often spoken highly of the belt, but now I can honestly say that it works firsthand! Thanks for a great product.” Dr. Jon P, Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician, Virginia Beach, VA
“I have just purchased another Back-A-Line belt today and sort of stumbled onto your story of the belt. I myself had had two L4 -L5 Laminectomys and regularly use your belt whenever my sciatic acts up. I find I do NO work around the house without the belt as not to irritate my condition. As a sense of irony, I blew my back from my years as a Dentist and Oral Trauma Surgeon, with hours on hours of work in a bent and twisted condition to my back.” Dr. Bernard N, DDS
“I got my MRI results today: L5/S1 ruptured, extruding material and fragments on the left side. When I walked in to my doctor’s office today, he was first amazed to see me upright, then even more amazed that I was moving without pain and not taking any painkillers or muscle relaxants at all. I told him about my Back-A-Line support and he was really impressed. I told him that I’ve been wearing it day and night since I got it ten days ago. He told me to just keep doing what I was doing. But the real important thing to me is that thirteen days ago when my disk ruptured I was literally crying and paralyzed in agony. Now, I am moving, sitting, squatting, stretching, and bending over and sleeping WITHOUT PAIN! Your product is really miraculous! No other “elastic” corset can even come close!” Siri A
“I am just blown away by your incredible back support! In just seven days it has dramatically improved my quality of life. I am a forty-two year old woman who has had back pain for twenty-two years. My lower back has always been weak and prone to strains and injuries, no matter how much I exercised. Since I enrolled in school last fall and began sitting a lot in classes and at the computer, the pain got much worse. In September my back went into spasm for no apparent reason at all. The ”spasm” never completely went away. Sitting for any length of time only made it worse. In early January I fell and could not get up because of the pain. My husband had to call 911 to get an ambulance to take me to the emergency room. X-rays showed I had no fractures, so they sent me home with painkillers and muscle relaxants. I decided that I wanted to try wearing a back support. I’ve been afraid to get one because of all the warnings I’ve heard about how they cause muscle weakness and dependency, but I figured I had little to lose at that point. After hours spent kneeling in front of my computer, studying all the elastic back supports on the Web, I discovered your website. The Back-A-Line was very different from all the others. With its firm lumbar curve to correct my posture and relieve the pressure on my spine, and the rigid material to give my abdominals something to work against, it seemed like the first support I had seen with really good logic behind its design. I’ve noticed that when I support my lower abdomen, the pain in my lumbar region lessens. Even though I’m not pregnant, your Maternity support looked like it would feel good, so I ordered it right away. Not a minute too soon, it turned out. The very next day, while lying on the floor, I suddenly experienced the worst pain of my life. It took me over ten minutes just to get up on my hands and knees. I remember blacking out twice from the pain. I went to the emergency room that night, and again two days later, this time in an ambulance. The doctors said I had a herniated disk and severe sciatica of my left leg. They gave me injections of painkillers, more pills, recommended physical therapy and a walker, and told me it could take at least six to nine months to recover. The next day my Back-A-Line arrived in the mail. I put it on right away and could feel the difference instantly! Within one minute my back began to relax, and the pain began to diminish. I have worn it day and night, taking it off only to bathe and change my clothes, and would say that my pain has decreased overall by 90% in the last week. Last weekend I was in agony, with two visits to the emergency room and drugged to the gills. Tonight as I write this, I am sitting without pain, and haven’t taken a painkiller in four days. Today I bent down to close a window, and felt my abdominals doing the work instead of my lower back taking the strain. My body hasn’t worked this way in years! I plan on wearing my Back-A-Line as long as it takes to totally retrain my posture and make my back as strong as iron. I encourage everybody with a “bad back” to try it. If anyone thinks I’m making all this up, they can email me directly. Your product is truly a blessing, and your service has been outstanding. I cannot express my appreciation enough!” Siri A
“I purchased a Back-a-Line a few weeks ago and I use it at work. I had bad pain down the legs and a really messed up spine. Being 34 and having the “back of a 70 year old” I was looking at giving up skiing and going under the knife. Well, I just got back from skiing in Whistler Mountain in BC Canada. Minimal to no pain when using that support of yours. I wanted to say thank you for saving my ski season this year at least.” Dave W
“I love the back brace. I used it for a brief bike ride last week. My back never felt anything and that’s good. I really can’t tell you how much I am in love with this thing right now. It really worked.”
“I have two of your products and could not live and work the way I do without them. I use one at work and wear it every day that I work. I have one at home for activities that I would need support for; i.e. yard and garden work, doing mechanical work on my vehicles, performing repairs on my residence, etc.” Gary S
“I have fibromyalgia and have had great success with your back support. In fact it is mainly because of your products that I am able to work on a regular basis. Thank you again not only for working with my younger brother but for also for offering me the opportunity to live relatively pain free. I spent 7 years trying to find a solution to my muscular problems before discovering your support. It is wonderful.”
“I’m wearing the belt at work as I put on & remove doors from the CNC machine I operate. I feel more secure wearing it & normally forget I’ve got it on!! It is so comfortable. My old leather belt did not give the support or comfort these belts do.” Paul G, England
