Colorado Springs Back Packs and Back Pain: A Chiropractic Topic

It’s that time of year again in Colorado Springs: back to school! And out come 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 required for homework to and from from home if not in a backpack. There is a quandary for you! Ban homework?! Not likely! The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR understands and is here for those Colorado Springs school kids (and older folks) who use backpacks and get an unexpected bout of Colorado Springs back pain. The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR has a way to relieve Colorado Springs back pain!

The influence of Colorado Springs backpacks on young people’s back pain incidence is real. There is a higher occurrence of Colorado Springs low back pain when carrying backpacks likely due to 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 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 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 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) The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR 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 experienced by adolescents who carry book bags or backpacks. Colorado Springs chiropractic care may help ease the back pain and help figure out what’s causing it and how to prevent it.

Schedule a Colorado Springs chiropractic appointment today to discuss back pain and backppack carrying. Colorado Springs back pain relief is possible at The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR with Colorado Springs chiropractic care!