Sitting for Success: Your Child's Posture in the Classroom
Posted on 27 August 2018 by Sarah Lawrence
Tags: Back2School, Back-to-School
Incorrect sitting posture can affect blood flow to the brain, which causes tiredness amongst other nasty things—not ideal when you’re supposed to be learning!
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Getting it Right: Supportive School Shoes
Posted on 20 August 2018 by Sarah Lawrence
Tags: Back2School, Back-to-School
Badly-fitting shoes are a one-way ticket to more
serious posture conditions in the future. Children and teenagers spent around 1330 hours per year in school — that’s an awfully long time to be wearing the wrong shoes!
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Is Your Child Wearing Their School Bag Correctly?
Posted on 13 August 2018 by Sarah Lawrence
Tags: Back2School, Back-to-School
You’ve probably seen or heard the jokes about Year 7s walking around school with giant bags bigger than they are, but in actual fact this is more than just a fashion nightmare or source of comedy; heavy, oversized backpacks could be ruining their posture.
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Is your child's backpack causing them pain?
Posted on 22 August 2017 by Willow Chiropractic
Tags: Active Ageing, Back Pain, Back2School, Family Health, Wellbeing
New sets of flashy highlighters, packs of biros in every stationary case and a backpack to haul it all. But, with the kids back to school, now is the perfect time to establish some positive backpack habits.
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