Sitka Back Packs and Back Pain: A Chiropractic Topic
It’s back to school time again in Sitka! And so are the backpacks. There’s always a mild debate about the influence of backpacks on back pain in young people. There is always mild debate about how the kids are to get all their stuff necessary for homework back and forth from home if not in a backpack. There is a quandary for you! Ban homework?! Not likely! Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka understands and is here for those Sitka school kids (and older folks) who use backpacks and get an unexpected bout of Sitka back pain. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka has a way to relieve Sitka back pain!
The influence of Sitka backpacks on young people’s back pain occurrence is genuine. There’s a higher occurrence of Sitka low back pain when taking backpacks probably 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. The way they carry the backpack is pointed to as being a factor. (2) Another study done in Italy showed that more 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 type of statistic about girls having more intense back pain and more frequent back pain since25 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 thanks to anatomical, physiological and/or environmental differences between boys and girls. That makes another great subject for the next backpack/back pain study! (3) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka 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 felt by adolescents who use book bags or backpacks. Sitka chiropractic care may help relieve the back pain and help figure out what is causing it and how to prevent it.
Schedule a Sitka chiropractic appointment today to talk about back pain and backppack carrying. Sitka back pain relief is possible at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka with Sitka chiropractic care!
