Vancouver Back Packs and Back Pain: A Chiropractic Topic

August 29, 2017

It’s back to school time again in Vancouver! And out come the backpacks. There’s always a mild debate about the influence of backpacks on back pain in young people. There’s always talk about how the kids are to get all their stuff needed for homework back and forth from home if not in a backpack. There is a quandary for you! Ban homework?! Not likely! Vancouver Disc Centers understands and is here for those Vancouver school kids (and older folks) who use backpacks and find themselves experiencing Vancouver back pain. Vancouver Disc Centers has a way to relieve Vancouver back pain!

How Much Back Pain Do Kids Get? Boys Vs. Girls. 

The influence of Vancouver backpacks on young people’s back pain occurrence is genuine. There is a higher occurrence of Vancouver low back pain when taking backpacks probably 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 said they have back pain. Girls who carried backpacks stated that 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 since25 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 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) Vancouver Disc Centers treats adolescents with back pain be it due to backpack carrying or other causes with gentle, effective chiropractic care incorporating Cox Technic.

Relief for Backpack Vancouver Back Pain  

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. Vancouver chiropractic care helps relieve the back pain and help determine the influencing factors and means for back pain prevention.

Visit Vancouver Disc Centers 

Schedule a Vancouver chiropractic appointment today to discuss back pain and backppack carrying. Vancouver back pain relief is promising at Vancouver Disc Centers with Vancouver chiropractic care!