Minster Back Packs and Back Pain: A Chiropractic Topic
It’s that time of year again in Minster: back to school! And out come the backpacks. There is 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 back and forth from home if not in a backpack. There is a quandary for you! No more homework, maybe?! Not likely! Minster Chiropractic Center understands and is here for those Minster school kids (and older folks) who use backpacks and get an unexpected bout of Minster back pain. Minster Chiropractic Center has a way to relieve Minster back pain!
The influence of Minster backpacks on young people’s back pain occurrence is genuine. There’s a higher occurrence of Minster low back pain when carrying backpacks likely because of the increased forces in the spinal discs. (1) One Brazilian study shows that 55.7% of 5th to 8th graders report back pain. The way they carry the backpack is pointed to as being a factor. (2) Another study done in Italy reported that greater than 60% of school kids 6 to 19 years of age in one study reported back pain. Girls who carried backpacks stated that having more severe pain and more frequent back pain than boys. (3) Is this skewed statistic about girls having more intense back pain and more frequent back pain because they carry more stuff than boys? No. It seems that the longer they carry the backpacks, 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 topic for the next backpack/back pain study! (3) Minster 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 role in back pain felt by adolescents who use book bags or backpacks. Minster chiropractic care helps relieve the back pain and help figure out what is causing it and how to prevent it.
Schedule a Minster chiropractic appointment today to talk about back pain and backppack carrying. Minster back pain relief is possible at Minster Chiropractic Center with Minster chiropractic care!
