Sitka Kids Benefit from Chiropractic & Nutritional Care
Kids and nutrition. Sitka kids don’t think about it. Sitka parents don’t always think about it. But Sitka nutrition is critical in Sitka kids’ spinal development and growth and Sitka chiropractic care. Good nutrition also boosts good spine and bone development which your Sitka chiropractor thinks about! Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka talks nutrition whenever the opportunity presents itself. A good Sitka nutritional foundation as a youth quite possibly leads to a healthier spinal life.
WHAT’S HOLDING YOUTH BACK?
So what keeps Sitka young people and their Sitka parents from thinking about their nutritional status? Expectedly the same things that hold young adults back - belief their diet is correct, no symptomatology, and confusion over nutrient sources. (1) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka knows that a life experience draws notice.
WAKE-UP CALLS
When do young people consider their nutritional status? At the same time it would get the attention of an adult - when there is pain. Amazingly, 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%) have more 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 describe, Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka notices that Sitka kids with spine pain have some things in common that put them at risk for Sitka back pain and neck pain.
RISKS FOR Sitka 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) Being inactive increases the odds of having neck and back pain in adolescents. (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) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka evaluates Sitka back pain kids and adults to test for risks and set a treatment plan to thwart them from becoming painful realities.
What is a parent to do? Care for the kids and their Sitka spines. Consult your Sitka 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 Sitka chiropractic visit at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka today!
