WRITTEN STATEMENTS OF OPINION TABLED ON 16/01/2008

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OPIN-2008- 0003 - Back Pain Amongst Teenagers

Raised By:

Jenny Randerson and Mark Isherwood

Subscribers:

Angela Burns 17/01/2007

Mike German 17/01/2007

Kirsty Williams 17/01/2007

Eleanor Burnham 17/01/2007

Nerys Evans 17/01/2007

Brynle Williams 21/01/2008

Paul Davies 21/01/2008

Janet Ryder 22/01/2008

Mick Bates 25/01/2008

Gareth Jones 07/02/2008

Back Pain Amongst Teenagers

The Assembly expresses concern that around 10 per cent. of teenagers are reporting back pain troublesome enough to visit their general practitioner or a physical therapist with eight per cent. (up to three per class) reporting some disability from recurrent or chronic symptoms; notes that these complaints are being exacerbated in no small part by ill-fitting and lowest cost furniture within schools, lack of locker space resulting in heavy load-carrying and a lack of adequate exercise during the school day.