Groton Back Packs and Back Pain: A Chiropractic Topic
It’s that time of year again in Groton: back to school! And out come the backpacks. There’s always a mild debate about the influence of backpacks on back pain in young people. There is always discussion about how the kids are to get all their stuff required for homework to and from from home if not in a backpack. There is a quandary for you! No more homework, maybe?! Not likely! Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office understands and is here for those Groton school kids (and older folks) who use backpacks and find themselves experiencing Groton back pain. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office has a treatment plan to relieve Groton back pain!
The influence of Groton backpacks on young people’s back pain occurrence is real. There is a higher occurrence of Groton low back pain when taking backpacks likely 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 reported that greater than 60% of school kids 6 to 19 years of age in one study reported 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 because they carry more stuff than boys? No. It is 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 topic for the next backpack/back pain study! (3) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office 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 have a role in back pain felt by adolescents who use book bags or backpacks. Groton chiropractic care may help ease the back pain and help figure out what is causing it and how to prevent it.
Schedule a Groton chiropractic appointment today to talk about back pain and backppack carrying. Groton back pain relief is possible at Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office with Groton chiropractic care!
