McHenry Kids Benefit from Chiropractic & Nutritional Care
Kids and nutrition. McHenry kids don’t think about it. McHenry parents don’t always think about it. But McHenry nutrition is critical in McHenry kids’ spinal development and growth and McHenry chiropractic care. Good nutrition also boosts good spine and bone development which your McHenry chiropractor thinks about! OrthoIllinois Chiropractic talks nutrition whenever the opportunity rises. A good McHenry nutritional foundation as a youth potentially contributes to a healthier spinal life.
WHAT’S HOLDING YOUTH BACK?
So what prevents McHenry young people and their McHenry 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) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic knows that a life experience gets attention.
WAKE-UP CALLS
When do young people think about their nutritional status? At the same time it would garner the attention of an adult - when there is pain. Amazingly, 71% of schoolchildren aged 12-17 years say that they had at least one episode of low back pain. (2) 17.4% of students describe cervical spine pain. 18% report low back pain. Older adolescents (24.4%) are affected more by cervical spine pain than younger ones (11.9%). Older adolescents (25.1%) suffer more lumbar spine pain than younger ones (12.4%), too. (3) More girls than boys report back pain. (4) As researchers describe, OrthoIllinois Chiropractic sees that McHenry kids with spine pain share some risk factors for McHenry back pain and neck pain.
RISKS FOR McHenry BACK PAIN
What puts kids at risk of spine pain? Lots of factors 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) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic assesses McHenry back pain kids and adults to test for risks and set a treatment plan to avert them from becoming painful realities.
What is a parent to do? Care for the kids and their McHenry spines. Check with your McHenry chiropractic physician. Set a treatment plan that motivates them to be more active, eat more healthily, take supplements as needed, and be treated with spinal manipulation.It’s helpful!
Schedule a McHenry chiropractic visit at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic today!
