SCHOOL children today are more at risk from developing joint and back pain than ever before, research has shown.
Almost one in three British Chiropractic Association chiropractic patients currently suffers from injuriesw stemming from childhood.
And with school, bags, comuters and lack of exercise taking their toll, the BCA warns theses figures are set to grow.
BCA research found 29 per cent of parents schoolchildren said their child had complained of back pain while 38 per cent said they were worried about their child's posture.
More than of parents thought their child' school bag was too heavy and 38 per cent estimated their children spent more than five hours a week playing computer games or on a PC
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