Like most people who ride, I have a bad back. I have spinal arthritis, and several bulging disks in my lower back, along with a bad sacroiliac and a healed wedge fracture. Yesterday, I did some work on floors, and woke this morning at 4:30 am in agony. Pain wasn’t getting any better until I put on a sacroiliac belt and a back protector strapped as tightly as I could strap it. Pain immediately disappeared.
Is it just a placebo effect, or do the belts really help? They usually do, but is it all in my mind?
Not that I really care, since the pain is gone, but was just wondering if they actually do something to realign things in the back.
