Fernandina Beach Kids Benefit from Chiropractic & Nutritional Care
Kids and nutrition. Fernandina Beach kids don’t think about it. Fernandina Beach parents don’t always think about it. But Fernandina Beach nutrition is critical in Fernandina Beach kids’ spinal development and growth and Fernandina Beach chiropractic care. Good nutrition also fosters good spine and bone development which your Fernandina Beach chiropractor thinks about! Amelia Chiropractic Clinic shares nutrition whenever the opportunity rises. A good Fernandina Beach nutritional foundation as a youth potentially contributes to a healthier spinal life.
WHAT’S HOLDING YOUTH BACK?
So what keeps Fernandina Beach young people and their Fernandina Beach parents from thinking about their nutritional status? Likely the same things that hold young adults back - belief their diet is correct, no symptomatology, and confusion over nutrient sources. (1) Amelia Chiropractic Clinic knows that a life experience draws notice.
WAKE-UP CALLS
When do young people consider their nutritional status? At the same time it would get the attention of an adult - when there is pain. Incredibly, 71% of schoolchildren aged 12-17 years report 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%) experience more lumbar spine pain than younger ones (12.4%), too. (3) More girls than boys report back pain. (4) As researchers describe, Amelia Chiropractic Clinic notes that Fernandina Beach kids with spine pain have some things in common that put them at risk for Fernandina Beach back pain and neck pain.
RISKS FOR Fernandina Beach BACK PAIN
What puts kids at risk of spine pain? Lots of things 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) Inactive adolescents have more cervical and lumbar spine pain than active kids. (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. These moderate and severe pain schoolchildren had higher body mass indices, waist, hip and waist-to-hip ratios. (2) Amelia Chiropractic Clinic assesses Fernandina Beach back pain kids and adults to evaluate for risks and create a treatment plan to avert them from turning out to be painful realities.
What is a parent to do? Care for the kids and their Fernandina Beach spines. Check with your Fernandina Beach chiropractic physician. Establish a treatment plan that motivates them to be more active, eat more nutritiously, take supplements as necessary, and be treated with spinal manipulation.It’s helpful!
Schedule a Fernandina Beach chiropractic visit at Amelia Chiropractic Clinic today!
