Largo Kids Benefit from Chiropractic & Nutritional Care
Kids and nutrition. Largo kids don’t think about it. Largo parents don’t always think about it. But Largo nutrition is critical in Largo kids’ spinal development and growth and Largo chiropractic care. Good nutrition also fosters good spine and bone development which your Largo chiropractor thinks about! Hollstrom & Associates Inc talks nutrition whenever the opportunity presents itself. A good Largo nutritional foundation as a youth quite possibly contributes to a healthier spinal life.
WHAT’S HOLDING YOUTH BACK?
So what prevents Largo young people and their Largo 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) Hollstrom & Associates Inc knows that a life experience draws attention.
WAKE-UP CALLS
When do young people think about their nutritional status? At the same time it would garner 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%) feel more lumbar spine pain than younger ones (12.4%), too. (3) More girls than boys report back pain. (4) As researchers describe, Hollstrom & Associates Inc notices that Largo kids with spine pain have some things in common that put them at risk for Largo back pain and neck pain.
RISKS FOR Largo 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) Hollstrom & Associates Inc assesses Largo 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’s a parent to do? Care for the kids and their Largo spines. Consult your Largo chiropractic physician. Set a treatment plan that motivates them to be more physical, eat more nutritiously, take supplements as needed, and be treated with spinal manipulation. It helps!
Schedule a Largo chiropractic visit at Hollstrom & Associates Inc today!
