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-minute workout for a healthy spine during physical education otrok in mladostnik – okolje | child and adolescent - environment
lessons
Gabrijela Marinko
Elementary School Brezovica pri Ljubljani, Šolska ulica 15, 1351 Brezovica, Slovenia
Lower back pain and other back-related health problems are a widespread
problem of the modern world. They are common in young adults and progress
with age. Modern way of life, not moving enough, sitting most of the time (at
school as well) has an impact on children too. As a physical education teacher I
have an opportunity to influence the students and raise their consciousness re-
garding appropriate and necessary back hygiene care. The children should take
care of appropriate movement patterns and it is also my responsibility to give
them the opportunity to develop them. Fundamental movement skills and ha-
bitual physical activity definitely has long-term health benefits. Physical educa-
tion teachers at our school decided to promote and improve student health
and wellbeing by teaching them the importance of back-care awareness and
how to take care of it. First, the 6th-graders were given a questionnaire on the
subject. We discussed the results and showed them the importance of regu-
lar physical activity and movement patterns. It was our goal to create a short
workout plan for a healthy back and incorporate it into our curriculum. Thus,
we included a 5-minute workout to reduce back pain into each PE lesson. This
soon evolved into a productive routine where back exercises were done care-
fully and effectively. We believe that regular 1-minute physical activity regard-
ing back health is really valuable and therefore we incorporated it into our PE
classes.
Keywords: back hygiene, movement patterns, prevention, corrective
exercises
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lessons
Gabrijela Marinko
Elementary School Brezovica pri Ljubljani, Šolska ulica 15, 1351 Brezovica, Slovenia
Lower back pain and other back-related health problems are a widespread
problem of the modern world. They are common in young adults and progress
with age. Modern way of life, not moving enough, sitting most of the time (at
school as well) has an impact on children too. As a physical education teacher I
have an opportunity to influence the students and raise their consciousness re-
garding appropriate and necessary back hygiene care. The children should take
care of appropriate movement patterns and it is also my responsibility to give
them the opportunity to develop them. Fundamental movement skills and ha-
bitual physical activity definitely has long-term health benefits. Physical educa-
tion teachers at our school decided to promote and improve student health
and wellbeing by teaching them the importance of back-care awareness and
how to take care of it. First, the 6th-graders were given a questionnaire on the
subject. We discussed the results and showed them the importance of regu-
lar physical activity and movement patterns. It was our goal to create a short
workout plan for a healthy back and incorporate it into our curriculum. Thus,
we included a 5-minute workout to reduce back pain into each PE lesson. This
soon evolved into a productive routine where back exercises were done care-
fully and effectively. We believe that regular 1-minute physical activity regard-
ing back health is really valuable and therefore we incorporated it into our PE
classes.
Keywords: back hygiene, movement patterns, prevention, corrective
exercises
199
