Auburn Back Packs and Back Pain: A Chiropractic Topic

It’s that time of year again in Auburn: back to school! And out come the backpacks. There is always a mild debate about just how harmful (or not!) back packs are back pain in young people. There’s always talk about how the kids are to get all their stuff necessary for homework back and forth from home if not in a backpack. There’s a quandary for you! Ban homework?! Not likely! Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. understands and is here for those Auburn school kids (and older folks) who use backpacks and find themselves experiencing Auburn back pain. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. has a treatment plan to relieve Auburn back pain!

The influence of Auburn backpacks on young people’s back pain incidence is genuine. There’s a higher occurrence of Auburn low back pain when carting backpacks likely due to the increased forces in the spinal discs. (1) One Brazilian study shows 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 documented that greater than 60% of school kids 6 to 19 years of age in one study said they have 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 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 topic for the next backpack/back pain study! (3) Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. 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 felt by adolescents who carry book bags or backpacks. Auburn chiropractic care may help relieve the back pain and help figure out what is causing it and how to prevent it.

Schedule a Auburn chiropractic appointment today to discuss back pain and backppack carrying. Auburn back pain relief is possible at Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. with Auburn chiropractic care!