Back Packs and Back PainThe amount of weight carried by children in their backpacks deserves serious consideration. Loading the spine risks low back pain not only in adults but in children; the load that children commonly carry is their school backpack. To quantify how much weight children likely carry in their backpacks, researchers from Milan, Italy ascertained the weight of backpacks used by sixth graders at several schools.Doctor it only hurts when I Do ThisThe comical response is, "So don't do that!!!" If what makes "it" hurt is standing, sitting, or especially, breathing, we are in trouble. For back pain sufferers, all these things and many others are painful. Back pain sufferers are forced to change their lives when they are "down in the back". Favorite activities become memories and busy people can be stopped dead in their tracks by back pain. Headaches-The Majority SuffersIf you are a headache sufferer, chances are that the next eight out of nine people you pass on the street are also headache sufferers. Many surveys conclude that nine out of ten people suffer at least occasional headaches. Other surveys indicate that 70% of humans suffer from some type of headache, driving over 50 million Americans to doctors each and every year. MY FEET ARE KILLING METhe American people are always on the go. We rush from place to place to complete those important errands. We'll run to catch a taxi, a bus or a train. Then, there's our after work jog that has become almost a religious commitment for us. What do these examples have in common? You're right! They all put pressure on our feet. When we run, we put stress on our feet. When we walk, there are those feet again leading us wherever we go!
