Pediatrics

School is right around the corner and my primary concern as a father and as a chiropractor is the weight of my child's backpack. Carrying too much weight in a backpack can have a negative effect on a growing spine. Therefore, I strongly recommend limiting the weight a child carries in his/her backpack to 10-15% of the child's body weight.

Try this experiment: pack your child's backpack with all of his/her school supplies and put it on a scale. How close does it come to the recommended 10-15% of your child's body weight? Now, realize that this doesn't even count the heaviest items kids put in their backpacks: books. So you can see how quickly the weight of backpacks increases as necessary school supplies are added.

The International Chiropractic Pediatric Association's ground breaking study, “The Safety and Effectiveness of Pediatric Chiropractic: A Survey of Chiropractors and Parents in a Practice-Based Research Network,” was published this month in the prestigious, biomedical journal, Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing. The objective of this study was to describe the practice of pediatric chiropractic, including its safety and effectiveness.

The results of the study determined that “the indicated primary reason for chiropractic care of children was ‘wellness care.’

There is a lot of good information in this video that may seem profound to some.  But, if more people followed the advice covered in the video, children would be overall healthier and their parents would spend less money on healthcare.