Kids and nutrition. Tonawanda
kids don’t think about it. Tonawanda parents don’t always think about
it. But Tonawanda nutrition is critical in Tonawanda
kids’ spinal development and growth and Tonawanda chiropractic care.
Good nutrition also fosters good spine and bone
development which your Tonawanda chiropractor thinks about!
Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation talks nutrition whenever the opportunity presents
itself. A good Tonawanda nutritional foundation as a youth potentially leads to a healthier spinal life.
WHAT’S HOLDING YOUTH BACK?
So what keeps Tonawanda young people
and their Tonawanda parents from thinking about their nutritional
status? Expectedly the same things that hold young adults back - belief
their diet is appropriate, no symptomatology, and confusion over nutrient sources. (1) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation knows that a life experience
draws notice.
WAKE-UP CALLS
When do young people consider their
nutritional status? At the same time it would garner the attention of
an adult - when there is pain. Incredibly, 71% of
schoolchildren aged 12-17 years report at least one
episode of low back pain. (2) 17.4% of students report
cervical spine pain. 18% state low back pain. Older
adolescents (24.4%) are affected more by cervical spine pain
than younger ones (11.9%). Older
adolescents (25.1%) feel more lumbar spine pain than
younger ones (12.4%), too. (3) More girls than boys report back pain. (4) As
researchers describe, Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation notes that
Tonawanda kids with spine pain share some risk factors for Tonawanda back pain and
neck pain.
RISKS FOR Tonawanda BACK PAIN
What puts kids at risk of spine pain? Lots of things
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) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation evaluates Tonawanda
back pain kids and adults to check for risks and set
a treatment plan to thwart them from becoming painful realities.
WHAT TO DO
What is a parent to do? Care for the kids and
their Tonawanda spines. Consult your
Tonawanda chiropractic physician. Set a treatment plan that motivates
them to be more physical, eat more nutritiously,
take supplements as needed, and be treated with spinal manipulation.It’s
helpful!
Schedule a Tonawanda chiropractic visit at
Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation today!