Hot Topics

Welcome to our "Hot Topics" page. Here we would like to share current research, interesting articles, and links to other web sites that will help educate, inform, encourage and stimulate thought.

The areas of focus will include exercise, nutrition, and prevention of disease, fitness and maintaining a healthy life style.

It is that time of year again and the "Back to School" shopping has begun in earnest. One of the most common complaints we see in our office is back pain in young adolescents. These healthy young people haven't been in any accidents or hurt themselves playing any sports. Often times the culprit is the backpack!! Sometimes these backpacks weigh over 50 pounds.

The American Physical Therapy Association has addressed this issue as recently as August 2007 with an article on their website. If you'd like information about backpack safety, please go to http://www.apta.org and on the home page you'll find recommendations for you and your children.

In addition, if you enter the area of the APTA site directed for consumers, you will find a wealth of information and be treated to one of the best interactive web sites available.