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Sitka Back Packs and Back Pain: A Chiropractic Topic

It’s back to school time again in Sitka! And so are the backpacks. There is always a discussion about just how harmful (or not!) back packs are back pain in young people. There’s always discussion about how the kids are to get all their stuff required for homework back and forth from home if not in a backpack. There’s 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!

How Much Back Pain Do Kids Get? Boys Vs. Girls. 

The influence of Sitka backpacks on young people’s back pain occurrence is real. There’s a higher occurrence of Sitka low back pain when carting backpacks probably due to the increased forces in the spinal discs. (1) One Brazilian study documents 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 showed that more than 60% of school kids 6 to 19 years of age in one study said they have back pain. Girls who used backpacks expressed 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 since25 they carry more stuff than boys? No. It seems that the longer they cart the backpacks around, the more back pain they experience. 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.

Relief for Backpack Sitka Back Pain  

Boys/Girls. Heavy backpack/light backpack. Long time carrying the bookbag/short time carrying the bookbag. All these different issues may well play a part in back pain experienced by adolescents who use book bags or backpacks. Sitka chiropractic care may help relieve the back pain and help determine the influencing factors and means for back pain prevention.

Visit Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka 

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!

 
 
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