Children and Body Alignment

Body Alignment for children helps develop physically better-off adults.

This because we train the muscle sand bones as they develop to do their job. Children age 10-16 years are particularly vulnerable to developing non-ideal or bad postural habits due to many factors; active lifestyles and prolonged desk sitting as well as time on phones are the most common overlooked factors that body alignment can correct very quickly. Children with over-pronation that struggle with footwear, children who play sports who get injured regularly, children who suffer back and neck pains are becoming more more common place, the fix is easy. it does require participation from the child For this reason I make the consultations fun, keep children engaged and aware of what I am communicating and aim to give them the confidence and motivation needed to help keep them consistent on outcome of the consultation so they engage with the programme I write tailored to their needs. I do these sessions with a parent/guardian in the room for child safety and support.

Common Body Alignment issues for children age 10-16

Osgood Schlatter’s Disease - Knee condition characterised by a bony lump on the superior chin bone. Painful when kneeling, walking, running, using stairs. NHS prognosis is reduced exercise with stretches with symptoms eventually going away after 12-18 months.

Risk factors; More commonly in boy’s, also affects girls exacerbated by high impact sports, football, netball, rugby, hocky, running.

Cause; Underlying condition is primarily caused by an imbalance between rapid bone growth and tight thigh muscles, poor lower limb alignment—such as flat feet or knock-knees—increases the stress on the kneecap and tibial growth plate

Action; Addressing alignment biomechanics through a body alignment assessment can manage and significantly improve symptoms - John’s Hopkins Medicine

Sever’s disease - Inflammation of the growth plate in the heel, common in active children