What is the cause of hunchback? In addition to affecting aesthetics, humpback will also have any serious impact. How to improve the humpback problem of children?
Increase the chance of low back pain and cervical pain. If the child's hunchback problem cannot be improved in time, it will gradually deteriorate with the child's development. One of the problems is that it will increase their chances of suffering from low back pain and cervical pain in the future. Because every normal articular surface of the spine is horizontal, when children's cervical vertebrae and heads lean forward for a long time, the muscle strength of the chest muscles and upper back muscles is unbalanced, which will make the upper body muscles weak and easy to fatigue. When their upper body center of gravity leans forward for a long time, their spinal joints will also lean forward, resulting in uneven stress on the front and back joints and greater stress on the front, thus slowing down the growth rate, changing the normal development of the spine, and indirectly weakening the writing endurance due to insufficient stress on the upper limbs.
In addition, due to long-term hunchback, the thoracic spine will be excessively bent, which will not support the body normally, reduce the extent of chest expansion during breathing, weaken respiratory efficiency and affect cardiopulmonary function. Therefore, humpback whales have a far-reaching impact on developing children, and it is more difficult to change after growing and maturing. Although hunchback will not bring serious health problems immediately, inertia hunchback will not only affect appearance and self-confidence, but also affect children's future development.
There are two main reasons for hunchback: incorrect posture and muscle strength. Please pay attention to whether your child will have the following situations:
1. Incorrect posture
● Keep the posture of thoracic kyphosis for a long time.
● The seat is too high and the countertop is too low.
● The schoolbag is too heavy, the strap is too loose and the schoolbag is too soft.
● Playing mobile phones and tablets for a long time.
● Bend down and sit on the sofa for a long time.
Lying on the table reading or watching TV, watching the blackboard in class.
● The pillow is too high.
2. Muscle strength problem
Muscle weakness in the neck or back.
● Chest muscle tension
● Lack of exercise
Test hunchback method: If you want to know if your child has a hunchback, parents can test it.
In the first step of the test, children need to look forward and naturally put their backs on the wall.
Step 2: Let the family put their hands into the gap between the child's waist and the wall. If there is no hunchback, only one hand can pass through the gap between the waist and the wall, and the head, shoulder blades and buttocks can easily stick to the wall. However, if there is a gap, the head should be pressed back hard to stick to the wall, which indicates that the child may have hunchback problems. It is recommended to see a doctor for a detailed examination as soon as possible.
Summary of spinal health problems in children;
If parents find that the child has the following conditions, it means that the child's spine is red and needs to pay more attention:
●? Children often complain about neck fatigue.
●? Children often have to twist their necks or shoulders hard and make a "bang".
●? Children often complain that their writing ability is weak and they get tired easily.
●? It is more difficult for children to maintain a straight posture when standing or sitting.
●? The children showed up in T-shirts.
Three methods to improve hunchback
If the child has humpback problem, how to improve it? It is suggested that adults should always pay attention to their children's homework and living habits. The humpback problem can be improved in the following three ways:
1. Correct sitting posture: Because most hunchbacks are caused by incorrect posture, the first thing everyone should do is to correct the posture of children, especially in class and homework. The correct sitting posture is to sit on the whole work chair, with the waist straight against the back of the chair, ears, shoulders and hip joints in a straight line, and pay attention to whether your head, neck and upper back lean forward regularly.
2. Do more stretching exercises: avoid keeping the same posture for a long time, and do some simple relaxation exercises every 30 to 45 minutes. When stretching, the speed must be slow until there is a feeling of pulling, and then slowly relax and return to the starting position; Use intensity should be moderate. If you feel pain, it means that the intensity is too great and it is easy to cause muscle stiffness and discomfort.
3. Do more exercise: Keeping posture depends on muscle endurance, and we must start with improving posture and enhancing muscle endurance. It is recommended to do more sports such as swimming, basketball, skipping rope and football, because bilateral physical exercise is particularly helpful for spine health. In daily life, simple exercise can enhance the muscle strength of the spine and protect the spine.
Reminder+Exercise: I used the posture reminding intelligent device "Little Partner Youzi Instrument" for my baby. After a period of use, the child has consciously straightened his back and felt very happy. I don't know if it's the wearable device or because I usually want him to stand against the wall, but there will always be some progress. In the past, I nagged my child from time to time to tell him not to have a hunch. Now this device reminds the child to correct his posture through vibration, and the child vibrates as soon as he bends over.
It is suitable for children to do full-body stretching exercise every day, maintain the flexibility of tendons and help maintain the normal range of motion of the spine. When stretching, slowly stretch the tendon until you feel tight. Hold 10 to 30 seconds, and repeat 2 to 3 times.
Strong muscles can effectively support the whole spine, keep the spine straight and stable, and help improve the coordination and balance of activities. The activities to strengthen the spinal muscles include swimming (swimming is really a good parent-child harmonious activity), fitness ball exercise (this fitness ball exercise, I will let the children sit on it for a period of time every day, and the effect is very good), mountain climbing, dancing and other whole-body sports.