In fact, preschool is the most common time for children to start hunchback. Parents usually don't know the real reason, but they just keep telling their children to hold their chests and sit still, which not only can't really solve the cause of children's hunchback, but also easily destroy the parent-child relationship because of such reminders.
Environmental factors:
Imitation behavior, 3C products, inappropriate tables and chairs
Imitation is the way for children to explore the world and learn new things, and parents are the first objects for children to imitate. It is often seen that when many parents correct their children's posture, they also bow down and continue to look at their mobile phones, so that children can show such bad posture when using 3C products.
Children's contact with mobile phones and tablets has greatly increased, and the time of staring in a single direction has been lengthened, resulting in the body being in the same posture for too long. If the height of tables and chairs is not suitable at the same time, children will unconsciously get used to hunching over.
Personal factors:
Insufficient activity, overweight (too thin), primary scoliosis
Children with insufficient activity may also be accustomed to joint support because of poor muscle development, resulting in poor body posture. Some children are overweight, their weight is out of proportion to their height, and they tend to stand tall and hunched.
In addition, scoliosis, which parents often worry about, is actually not common. Most scoliosis will begin in adolescence, and a few will occur in preschool age. Parents can observe the curve of the back spine when bathing their children. If there is obvious asymmetry, you should go to a medical institution for examination as soon as possible.
What is a good/bad posture?
The so-called good posture is also called "middle posture", which means that the joints are arranged in a position where the pressure distribution is relatively uniform. Generally speaking, we will look at five points when we stand. The earlobe, shoulder, rotor (the bone near the side pocket of trousers), knee and ankle need to fall on the same vertical line. The thoracic spine will protrude slightly backward and the lumbar spine will sag slightly forward.
Children who like to use 3C products for a long time or often play on the floor are prone to hunchback, high collar or round shoulders. Humpback refers to the round shoulder, and its back protrudes backward at an excessive angle, which usually increases the cervical lordosis, resulting in excessive forward displacement of the turtle neck or shoulder.
However, when walking, children who are used to standing upright or over-correcting to "hold their heads up and chest out" may have a too large lumbar lordosis angle and form a "bulging belly" posture. These postures, in addition to being unsightly, are easy to cause great pressure on some joints of our bodies, and if children develop such habits from an early age, they will easily continue to intensify after school age or even adolescence. Therefore, developing good habits from childhood is the most efficient way to correct posture.
To change children's bad posture habits, we must first find out the reasons behind them. As mentioned above, there are too many possible reasons for children's hunchback. Let's start with us.
Have you prepared tables and chairs of the right height for the children?
Generally speaking, children from one to two years old can start sitting in chairs and playing with toys. As children grow taller, the height of desks and chairs needs to be adjusted in time. In addition to the growing desk, the height of the desk can also be adjusted with a hard pad similar to clever spelling. Especially when using 3C products, increase the height of 1-2 cushion, let children look up at the screen, and reduce hunchback and high-necked posture. In addition,
It is also important to keep active enough!
Most studies believe that preschool children should have at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity every week. Adequate physical activity can enhance muscle strength, promote bone development, and make it easier to maintain a good posture.
Parents should master three elements when choosing sports:
Cardiopulmonary health, muscle strength, coordination
Generally speaking, walking, running, mountain climbing and cycling all belong to aerobic exercise, which can promote children's cardiopulmonary function. At the same time, muscle strength training is needed, such as skipping rope, hopscotch and rock climbing.
Coordinate activities, such as dancing, gymnastics and taekwondo. Allow children to try different movements, increase the coordination, flexibility and body control of hands and feet, and promote the development of proprioception.
The best way is to let children fully contact with different kinds of sports, and make sports a part of life, and increase parent-child interaction in it, so that children can develop good sports habits from an early age and avoid long-term static life.
Is the humpback correction popular on the Internet useful?
This is the first question that many parents ask when they find their children hunchback, but unfortunately, the corrective belt has limited effect on alleviating hunchback. Most orthotics improve the backward protrusion of the back by limiting the shoulder forward. However, this does not take into account the possibility that hunchback may be caused by the neck leaning forward or the spine bending angle itself is too large, so it may not be suitable for everyone.
The most fundamental problem is that this practice does not allow children to learn to control their own bodies. In the long run, it is more likely to make the muscles around you disabled and forget how to contribute. When braces are not used, hunchback is more serious.
If you don't carefully observe the reasons that affect your child's posture in your daily life, just let your child wear orthodontic braces, which usually has a poor effect. On the contrary, it may cause your child to be more rejected because of discomfort.
A small number of children with congenital scoliosis need to be evaluated by professional medical personnel, and even tailored according to their body shape to effectively deal with scoliosis. Generally, most humpbacked children don't need to wear braces, so they should start by changing their living habits.
It is very common for children to hunch over, because this period is the process of their spine and bones development, and they learn to maintain an upright posture. Parents need to pay attention, but don't worry too much. Reminders are ok, but don't turn into excessive pressure. A good example is sometimes worth a thousand words.
A smart posture reminding device popular in the workshop: the little buddy posture instrument (reminding their father and daughter of the smart wearing of the hunchback savior "little buddy R 1 posture instrument" when they are hunchbacked), this habitual posture correcting product can be used for children, because the constant reminding by adults will make children have rebellious psychology, which is why most children will have a good time after being reminded by their parents, but they will relapse again. Left ear goes in and right ear goes out. If a smart wearable product can replace parents' reminders and is interesting, I think children's acceptance will be better. Moreover, parents will not always observe the range of children's postures, but use the advantages of the machine to find the children's bad postures in time and correct them immediately, so that every bad posture of the children has nowhere to hide, and the machine can do this. Let children develop good habits of daily life posture and be healthy for life.
Good posture and good control are the lifelong tasks of modern people. When children are young, we should establish good habits, maintain good posture, reduce excessive pressure on joints, and at the same time let children fully exercise, enhance muscle strength, train coordination ability, and avoid staying in a static posture for a long time. "The best posture is the next posture." Parents live with their children!
Let's work together to be better parents!