Exercise is necessary for the back, but the inadequate practice of a competitive sport increased by 50% the chance of back pain in children and adolescents, warned yesterday Foundation Kovacs, an institution specialized in thoracic diseases.
According to the Foundation, the immature bone of children and adolescents are more sensitive to the load, so too intense training at a young age can lead to alterations in the spine like kyphosis (hump) or scoliosis (lateral deviation column). Margarita
According to Martin, medical director of the Unit Back Kovacs Foundation in Madrid, it is necessary to plan the training program should include progressive warm-up and intensity, use of correct style that meets hygiene standards postural and strengthening exercises for the muscles of the back and abdomen.
Entitled "Sport and back health in adolescents," Kovacs Foundation has initiated several actions to prevent back pain among schoolchildren. Manuel Francisco Kovacs, president of the company, insisted that the highly competitive sports, where "other interests took precedence than the exercise itself, the losses are more numerous than the benefits.
Kovacs said as recommended those sports in which "moves the whole body, like swimming, but within it there are more healthy style (front crawl and back) than others (breaststroke and butterfly). The latter two procedures are performed movements that "no benefit to the spine, "said the expert.
According to recent studies, at age 16 to 70% of teenagers has suffered back pain, which increases the risk of suffering from chronic to reach adulthood. Among the positive effects of sport ("always to be practiced regularly and in moderation") are proper bone growth and proper formation of the spine.
"It has shown that everyday items such as mattresses and desks , strongly influences the health of the back, but despite the advertising has not yet assessed the effect of different types of sports teams, "said Kovacs.
The most popular sports among young English men are football (43.4%), soccer (18.2%), basketball (15.5%), volleyball (4.1%) and handball (2.2% .) Among girls, the most practiced is basketball (8%), followed by volleyball (6.4%), soccer (3.7%), soccer (1.3%) and handball (1%).
For more information (some of informacioón also extracted here) you can visit: http://www.kovacs.org/
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