Why use a body jacket with thigh spika?
The thigh spika body jacket is the only low back brace that stabilizes L5-S1 lumbar segment, which is where 87% of all low back and leg pain occurs. If the patient improves after a 3 day trial in the brace, then the doctor knows that there is excessive mobility in the lumbar spine, and the patient would probably benefit from facet blocks, and if these don’t last, then a fusion.
