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 Jean Kelly D.C., P.C.
667 Boylston Street
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Boston, MA 02116
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 Announcement Other articles in this months newsletter:

Backpack Safety is Back-to-School Issue
Chiropractic Research
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Understanding Chiropractic Care
Juanita Swindell
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Chiropractic facts you need to know.
Kilburnneni Roy
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Backpack Safety is Back-to-School Issue
Chiropractic Research
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Concern over children and their backpacks continues to grow. An article appearing in the The Times Herald features this problem by noting "Trudging their way around the school campus or to the bus stop, hunched-over kids could be dealing themselves a lifetime of back pain, experts warn."

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that 6,512 emergency room visits each year result from injuries related to book bags. CPSC also cites the statistic that backpack-related injuries are up 256 percent since 1996. The issue has become so widespread, that the California State Assembly passed legislation that forces school districts to develop ways of reducing the weight of students' backpacks. Other states are also considering similar legislation.

In an online survey conducted last year of more than 200 chiropractors responding from across North America at www.backpacksafe.com, it was learned that:

89 percent of chiropractors surveyed responded that they have seen patients (ages 5-18) reporting back, neck or shoulder pain caused by heavy backpacks.
71 percent of chiropractors presently seeing such patients responded that they are currently seeing one to four patients (ages 5-18) reporting back, neck or shoulder pain caused by heavy backpacks.
20 percent of chiropractors presently seeing such patients responded that they are currently seeing five to nine patients (ages 5-18) reporting back, neck or shoulder pain caused by heavy backpacks.
9 percent of chiropractors presently seeing such patients responded that they are currently seeing 10 or more patients (ages 5-18) due to back, neck or shoulder caused by heavy backpacks.
The American Chiropractic Association has offered the following tips to help prevent backpack problems in school children. Those tips include:

Make sure your child's backpack weighs no more than 5 to 10 percent of his or her body weight.
The backpack should never hang more than four inches below the waistline.
Urge your child to wear both shoulder straps, and wide, padded straps are very important.
The shoulder straps should be adjustable so the backpack can be fitted to your child's body.
The over-packing of backpacks was featured in a recent study conducted in Italy. In this study it was found that the average child carries a backpack that would be the equivalent of a 39-pound burden for a 176-pound man, or a 29-pound load for a 132-pound woman.

  About our Practice
  
We are a multifaceted team of practitioners, working in collaboration to deliver the highest quality patient centered care in Boston. We provide Sports Chiropractic. Including Active Release Technique (ART), Graston, FMS, SFMA and Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) evaluations. We work extensively with the best Acupuncture, Massage, Pelvic Floor & Orthopedic Physical Therapy practitioners in Boston.