Oxford Back Packs and Back Pain: A Chiropractic Topic
It’s back to school time again in Oxford! And out come the backpacks. There is always a mild debate about the influence of backpacks on back pain in young people. There’s 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’s a quandary for you! Ban homework?! Not likely! Satterwhite Chiropractic understands and is here for those Oxford school kids (and older folks) who use backpacks and get an unexpected bout of Oxford back pain. Satterwhite Chiropractic has a way to relieve Oxford back pain!
The influence of Oxford backpacks on young people’s back pain incidence is real. There is a higher occurrence of Oxford low back pain when carrying 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. The way they carry the backpack is pointed to as being a factor. (2) Another study done in Italy documented that more than 60% of school kids 6 to 19 years of age in one study said they have back pain. Girls who carried 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 seems that the longer they carry the backpacks, 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 topic for the next backpack/back pain study! (3) Satterwhite 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 different issues may well play a role in back pain felt by adolescents who carry book bags or backpacks. Oxford chiropractic care helps relieve the back pain and help determine the influencing factors and means for back pain prevention.
Schedule a Oxford chiropractic appointment today to talk about back pain and backppack carrying. Oxford back pain relief is possible at Satterwhite Chiropractic with Oxford chiropractic care!
