In-School
Posture Awareness Classes Prevent Back Pain
Teaching children about proper posture may keep them free of future
backache, according to a report by researchers in
As part of the experiment, 106 third-grade students participated
in 11 sessions of either a posture awareness program or no intervention.
Results revealed that "The
level of knowledge and motor skills in the experimental group showed
a significant increase
immediately after the intervention finished, and at 6- and 12-month
intervals . . . In an independent health check carried out by the
local school health services 4 years after application of the postural
hygiene program, the results tended slightly to favor the experimental
condition over the control conditions (placebo + no intervention).
A greater number of the control subjects required medical treatment
for low-back pain, although this difference was only marginally significant."
By the time a child reaches
the age of 7 they will have had on average 2,500 traumas (OSHA
Statistics). Have your
child checked for spinal conditions so as to correct them NOW,
before they worsen. The Subluxation Station technology
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dysfunction
in the spines of our patients, no matter what their age is. Call
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SOURCE: Spine - June 15, 2001
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