Tonawanda Back Packs and Back Pain: A Chiropractic Topic

It’s back to school time again in Tonawanda! 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 necessary for homework to and from from home if not in a backpack. There is a quandary for you! Ban homework?! Not likely! Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation understands and is here for those Tonawanda school kids (and older folks) who use backpacks and get an unexpected bout of Tonawanda back pain. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation has a way to relieve Tonawanda back pain!

The influence of Tonawanda backpacks on young people’s back pain incidence is genuine. There is a higher occurrence of Tonawanda low back pain when carrying backpacks probably because of the increased forces in the spinal discs. (1) One Brazilian study shows 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 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 have. 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) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation 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 experienced by adolescents who carry book bags or backpacks. Tonawanda chiropractic care may help ease the back pain and help figure out what’s causing it and how to prevent it.

Schedule a Tonawanda chiropractic appointment today to discuss back pain and backppack carrying. Tonawanda back pain relief is possible at Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation with Tonawanda chiropractic care!