Manahawkin Kids Benefit from Chiropractic & Nutritional Care

June 13, 2017

Kids and nutrition. Manahawkin kids don’t think about it. Manahawkin parents don’t always think about it. But Manahawkin nutrition is important in Manahawkin kids’ spinal development and growth and Manahawkin chiropractic care. Good nutrition also fosters good spine and bone development which your Manahawkin chiropractor thinks about! Manahawkin Chiropractic Center talks nutrition whenever the opportunity rises. A good Manahawkin nutritional foundation as a youth potentially contributes to a healthier spinal life.

WHAT’S HOLDING YOUTH BACK?

So what keeps Manahawkin young people and their Manahawkin parents from thinking about their nutritional status? Expectedly the same things that hold young adults back - belief their diet is appropriate, no symptomatology, and confusion over nutrient sources. (1) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center knows that a life experience gets attention.

WAKE-UP CALLS

When do young people think about their nutritional status? At the same time it would get the attention of an adult - when there is pain. Incredibly, 71% of schoolchildren aged 12-17 years report at least one episode of low back pain. (2) 17.4% of students describe cervical spine pain. 18% tell of low back pain. Older adolescents (24.4%) are affected more by cervical spine pain than younger ones (11.9%). Older adolescents (25.1%) suffer more lumbar spine pain than younger ones (12.4%), too. (3) More girls than boys report back pain. (4) As researchers share, Manahawkin Chiropractic Center notices that Manahawkin kids with spine pain have some things in common that put them at risk for Manahawkin back pain and neck pain.

RISKS FOR Manahawkin BACK PAIN

What puts kids at risk of spine pain? Lots of factors like limited sun exposure, inadequate vitamin d diets, adiposity, lower physical activity, sedentary lifestyles, vitamin 25 (oh) d deficiency, and lower levels of calcium, creatine kinase, and lactic dehydrogenase. (2) Inactive adolescents have more cervical and lumbar spine pain than active kids. (3) In an 8-month study period, 52.2% of schoolchildren had low back pain. 34% had moderate and 18% had severe back pain. More girls (36%) than boys (24%) report back pain. Schoolchildren with moderate and severe pain had higher body mass indices, waist, hip and waist-to-hip ratios. (2) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center evaluates Manahawkin back pain kids and adults to test for risks and set a treatment plan to thwart them from becoming painful realities.

WHAT TO DO 

What is a parent to do? Care for the kids and their Manahawkin spines. Consult your Manahawkin chiropractic physician. Establish a treatment plan that motivates them to be more active, eat more healthily, take supplements as needed, and be treated with spinal manipulation. It helps!

Schedule a Manahawkin chiropractic visit at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center today!