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| Teachers at a local elementary school, working on their Straighten Up America moves! |
I’m happy to announce that Cross Chiropractic Clinic is about to launch a new health initiative in our county called “Straighten Up America”. The purpose of this free public service program is to empower the American people to achieve better spinal health and improved quality of life.
Billions of dollars are spent every year related to disability due to low back pain alone. Clearly there is a need here that needs to be addressed. Straighten Up America is a simple, fun, three-minute exercise program that will improve a person’s posture and spinal health. It’s designed for people of all ages and includes a few healthy lifestyle recommendations. The hope is that people will begin to take care of their spinal health each day the way they take care of their teeth. A little preventative maintenance can go a long way!
We are introducing this in schools so that children can begin to create good spinal habits and hopefully stay out of pain and disability. Some children ( as young as grade school age!) already have back problems due to sedentary lifestyles and/or overloaded school backpacks. In just a few minutes a day, they can save themselves pain and heartache later on down the road.
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| You can't help but smile! It's fun! |
Eventually, we would like to present this to adults in the community as well. This program has been shown to significantly improve participants posture, core muscle groups and back comfort levels. This quick set of exercises can be used as a warm up, a cool down or a break from sitting at the computer too long.
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