McHenry Back Packs and Back Pain: A Chiropractic Topic

It’s back to school time again in McHenry! And so are the backpacks. There’s always a discussion about just how harmful (or not!) back packs are 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! No more homework, maybe?! Not likely! OrthoIllinois Chiropractic understands and is here for those McHenry school kids (and older folks) who use backpacks and find themselves experiencing McHenry back pain. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic has a treatment plan to relieve McHenry back pain!

The influence of McHenry backpacks on young people’s back pain incidence is real. There is a higher occurrence of McHenry low back pain when carrying backpacks probably due to the increased forces in the spinal discs. (1) One Brazilian study reports 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 more than 60% of school kids 6 to 19 years of age in one study reported back pain. Girls who carried backpacks expressed 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 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) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic 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 have a part in back pain experienced by adolescents who carry book bags or backpacks. McHenry chiropractic care may help relieve the back pain and help figure out what is causing it and how to prevent it.

Schedule a McHenry chiropractic appointment today to discuss back pain and backppack carrying. McHenry back pain relief is possible at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic with McHenry chiropractic care!