Elgin Back Packs and Back Pain: A Chiropractic Topic
It’s back to school time again in Elgin! And so are the backpacks. There’s always a mild debate about just how harmful (or not!) back packs are back pain in young people. There is always discussion about how the kids are to get all their stuff needed for homework to and from from home if not in a backpack. There is a quandary for you! No more homework, maybe?! Not likely! Connected Chiropractic understands and is here for those Elgin school kids (and older folks) who use backpacks and get an unexpected bout of Elgin back pain. Connected Chiropractic has a way to relieve Elgin back pain!
The influence of Elgin backpacks on young people’s back pain occurrence is real. There is a higher occurrence of Elgin low back pain when carrying 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 greater than 60% of school kids 6 to 19 years of age in one study reported back pain. Girls who used backpacks voiced 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 experience. This may be due to anatomical, physiological and/or environmental differences between boys and girls. That makes another great subject for the next backpack/back pain study! (3) Connected Chiropractic 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 carry book bags or backpacks. Elgin chiropractic care helps ease the back pain and help figure out what is causing it and how to prevent it.
Schedule a Elgin chiropractic appointment today to discuss back pain and backppack carrying. Elgin back pain relief is promising at Connected Chiropractic with Elgin chiropractic care!
