La Grande Back Packs and Back Pain: A Chiropractic Topic

It’s that time of year again in La Grande: back to school! And so are the backpacks. There is always a mild debate about the influence of backpacks on back pain in young people. There is always mild debate about how the kids are to get all their stuff required for homework back and forth from home if not in a backpack. There’s a quandary for you! No more homework, maybe?! Not likely! Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC understands and is here for those La Grande school kids (and older folks) who use backpacks and find themselves experiencing La Grande back pain. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC has a treatment plan to relieve La Grande back pain!

The influence of La Grande backpacks on young people’s back pain incidence is genuine. There’s a higher occurrence of La Grande low back pain when taking backpacks likely 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. The way they carry the backpack is pointed to as being a factor. (2) Another study done in Italy showed that more than 60% of school kids 6 to 19 years of age in one study said they have back pain. Girls who used backpacks voiced 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 carry the backpacks, the more back pain they experience. 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) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC 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 play a part in back pain experienced by adolescents who use book bags or backpacks. La Grande chiropractic care may help ease the back pain and help figure out what’s causing it and how to prevent it.

Schedule a La Grande chiropractic appointment today to talk about back pain and backppack carrying. La Grande back pain relief is promising at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC with La Grande chiropractic care!