Your regular massage can help you to disconnect from your busy life. It will allow you to spend at least an hour completely focused on your own comfort, being more aware of your body, and teaching yourself how be in a relaxed state. Massage will relieve tension you hold in your body due to stress, lack of sleep, or repetitive duties. It can reduce headaches and chronic pain, increase circulation to vital organs and promote the production of endorphins and serotonin
Back Pain
How to Avoid the Back to School Back Pack Pain
To avoid the back to school backache, the CAA recommends:
- Backpacks should ideally be no heavier than 10 per cent of a student’s weight when packed.
- Make sure the backpack is sturdy and appropriately sized – no wider than the student’s chest.
- Choose a backpack with broad, padded shoulder straps.
- Use both shoulder straps – never sling the pack over one shoulder.
- Use waist straps attached – they are there for a good reason.
- Don’t wear the backpack any lower than the hollow of the lower back.
- Don’t overload the backpack – use school lockers and plan homework well in advance.
- Place all heavy items at the base of the pack, close to the spine, for a better distribution of the weight.
“Going back to school should not mean putting your back out,” Dr. Billy Chow said. “What these results show is that while nearly all schoolchildren have bad posture while carrying backpacks, there is a lack of knowledge about how to identify what is bad posture, and therefore how to improve it.
“By raising awareness among parents, teachers and the public about the importance of good posture for schoolchildren, we can help reduce the cases of spinal injuries we see now and in the future.”
Visit www.whatsyourposture.com.au for more information and a simple tool that can help people check their family and friends’ postures. Any other questions feel free to visit us or give us a call on 9659 2666.
* Source: CAA Media Release Feb 2012
School Backpacks
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN are at RISK of PERMANENT SPINAL DAMAGE because of INCORRECTLY PACKED and FITTED SCHOOL BACKPACKS
Adult back pain and spinal disorders may stem from childhood activities including carrying a heavily loaded backpack for 12 years or more of schooling.
Many of the current bags children are using may be fashionable, but unless they allow for even distribution across the back, they can cause pain and long term spinal discomfort.
School can be a challenging, tiring and even stressful time for children of all ages, so ensuring they are as comfortable as possible is important to both their physical and mental development.
Back pain often casued by backpacks
According to an international study, daily backpack carrying is a frequent cause of discomfort for school children. School backpacks were felt to be heavy by 79.1% of children, to cause fatigue by 65.7%, and to cause back pain by 46.1% (Negrini, S., & Carabalona, R. (2002). Backpacks on! Schoolchildren’s Perceptions of Load, Associations with Back Pain and Factors Determining the Load. Spine , 27(2), 187-195.)
Chiropractors can educate parents, teachers and students about spinal health care
Chiropractors are uniquely positioned to educate parents, teachers and students about spinal health care through their minimum five years university training. Each week, there are approximately 200,000 visits to Australian chiropractors for a broad range of reasons.
Chiropractic care has been proven to be effective, and can restore correct function and relieve pain symptoms associated with the carrying of heavy backpacks.
Chiropractic possesses an excellent safety record, and through their five year university training, chiropractors are the spinal health experts.
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Back to school a pain in the back?
With bags this heavy, it’s no wonder many kids think school is a “pain in the back!”
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN are at RISK of BACK & SPINAL PAIN because of INCORRECTLY PACKED and FITTED SCHOOL BACKPACKS According to an international study, daily backpack carrying is a frequent cause of discomfort for school children. School backpacks were felt to be heavy by 79.1% of children, to cause fatigue by 65.7%, and to cause back pain by 46.1%*.
Many of the current bags children are using may be fashionable, but unless they allow for even distribution across the back, they can cause pain.
School can be a challenging time for children, so ensuring they are as comfortable as possible is important to their physical and mental development. Your chiropractor can assess posture and measure your child up for a back pack as well as advise on the best way to wear a back pack.
Chiropractors are uniquely positioned to educate parents, teachers and students about spinal health care through their minimum five years university training. Each week, there are approximately 200,000 visits to Australian chiropractors for a broad range of reasons. Chiropractic care has been proven to be effective, and can restore correct function and relieve pain symptoms associated with the carrying of heavy backpacks. Chiropractic possesses an excellent safety record, and through their five year university training, chiropractors are the spinal health experts. Discover for yourself why there’s so much more to chiropractic.
* Negrini, S., & Carabalona, R. (2002). Backpacks on! School children’s Perceptions of Load,
Associations with Back Pain and Factors Determining the Load. Spine , 27(2), 187-195.
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