West Des Moines Back Packs and Back Pain: A Chiropractic Topic
It’s that time of year again in West Des Moines: back to school! And so are the backpacks. There’s 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 necessary for homework to and from from home if not in a backpack. There is a quandary for you! Ban homework?! Not likely! Executive Chiropractic of Iowa understands and is here for those West Des Moines school kids (and older folks) who use backpacks and get an unexpected bout of West Des Moines back pain. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa has a treatment plan to relieve West Des Moines back pain!
The influence of West Des Moines backpacks on young people’s back pain occurrence is genuine. There’s a higher occurrence of West Des Moines low back pain when carrying backpacks likely because of the increased forces in the spinal discs. (1) One Brazilian study documents that 55.7% of 5th to 8th graders report back pain. An influencing factor is likely the way the back pack is carried. (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 expressed 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 because 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) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa 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 part in back pain felt by adolescents who carry book bags or backpacks. West Des Moines chiropractic care may help ease the back pain and help figure out what’s causing it and how to prevent it.
Schedule a West Des Moines chiropractic appointment today to discuss back pain and backppack carrying. West Des Moines back pain relief is possible at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa with West Des Moines chiropractic care!
