Chiropractor Fanwood Says Back Pain Affects Teens Quality of Life

Back Pain Affects Teens Quality of Life

Researchers evaluated data concerning 350 early adolescents and found that a third (34.3%) had lower back pain, one-in-four (27.1%) complained of neck pain, and 13.1% experienced mid-back pain.

Additionally, 21.7% of the students had pain in multiple body sites.

Further analysis revealed that teens with more frequent and/or more intense pain experienced a lower quality of life, as did those with pain in more than one anatomical location.

The findings are concerning to researchers, as musculoskeletal pain in adolescence usually continues into adulthood.

To read the full study and get more info check out Spine, December 2017.

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