One of the coolest things that happened at Outdoor Retailer was an out of the blue meeting with Steve Jensen of Cropper Medical. They are the manufacturer of BioSkin Bracing and have come up with a lumbar support system called the BackJack Tactical that is designed specifically for military use.
Cropper Medical has been making human performance gear for nearly 20 years and they tout 37 professional sports teams wearing their supports including the last 5 Super Bowl winners. They took this know how and applied it to offload some of the weight of body armor from the discs of the spine.
BackJack is Cropper Medical’s first entrant into Tactical Military products and was developed in conjunction with a retired Special Forces 18D to help alleviate the epidemic back pain in the military. In 2009 Ft Polk’s JRTC, conducted testing on it and found that 89% of the Soldiers that wore the device said it relieved their pain and they would use it if it were issued. Next, a unit deployed to Iraq wore the kit and rated a 45% reduction in low back pain with the kit on. 100% of the Soldiers surveyed said they’d wear the kit if it were issued. Although exposure has been limited, Soldier acceptance has been high, to say the least.
The device works by pulling bilateral hand pieces engaging a cinching mechanism which pushes the lumbar panel into the area of pain, the low back. This direct pressure on the low back is what makes this kit so effective at not only relieving pain but preventing pain. Wear it under the Armor, Ruck, or just around the office to get some relief. I tried it and it is comfortable.
Available in UCP an OCP (MultiCam). Visit www.backjacktactical.com or contact sjensen@bioskin.com directly.
