Manahawkin Back Packs and Back Pain: A Chiropractic Topic
It’s that time of year again in Manahawkin: back to school! And so are the backpacks. There’s always a mild debate about just how harmful (or not!) back packs are back pain in young people. There’s always talk about how the kids are to get all their stuff needed for homework to and from from home if not in a backpack. There is a quandary for you! No more homework, maybe?! Not likely! Manahawkin Chiropractic Center understands and is here for those Manahawkin school kids (and older folks) who use backpacks and get an unexpected bout of Manahawkin back pain. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center has a treatment plan to relieve Manahawkin back pain!
The influence of Manahawkin backpacks on young people’s back pain incidence is real. There’s a higher occurrence of Manahawkin low back pain when taking backpacks likely because of the increased forces in the spinal discs. (1) One Brazilian study reports that 55.7% of 5th to 8th graders report back pain. An influencing factor is likely the way the back pack is carried. (2) Another study done in Italy reported that more than 60% of school kids 6 to 19 years of age in one study said they have back pain. Girls who carried backpacks stated that having more severe pain and more frequent back pain than boys. (3) Is this type of statistic about girls having more intense back pain and more frequent back pain because they carry more stuff than boys? No. It’s more likely that the longer they cart the backpacks around, the more back pain they have. This may be due to anatomical, physiological and/or environmental differences between boys and girls. That makes another great subject for the next backpack/back pain study! (3) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center treats adolescents with back pain be it due to backpack carrying or other causes with gentle, effective chiropractic care incorporating Cox Technic.
Boys/Girls. Heavy backpack/light backpack. Long time carrying the bookbag/short time carrying the bookbag. All these various issues may well play a part in back pain experienced by adolescents who use book bags or backpacks. Manahawkin chiropractic care may help relieve the back pain and help figure out what is causing it and how to prevent it.
Schedule a Manahawkin chiropractic appointment today to talk about back pain and backppack carrying. Manahawkin back pain relief is possible at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center with Manahawkin chiropractic care!
