Protecting Young Backs

1.	Meridian TV filmed a piece on the campaign from King's International School in Camberley, where students have taken part in a study to monitor the effect of specially designed seat wedges on back pain during lessons. The film crew plan to return to the school to do a follow up piece during BackCare Awareness Week in October.
2.		Ken Livingstone, Vice Patron of BackCare, and Mayor of London, has offered advertising space on the London Underground for two weeks at the end of September. We will be displaying our striking new campaign poster at many sites, so watch out for them when travelling through the Capital. Message of Support from Ken Livingstone for Protecting Young Backs I would like to congratulate BackCare for their work in raising awareness of back problems and pain and how much we can all do for ourselves in preventing these problems. Back pain in children and young people has a huge impact on their lives, affecting their attendance and progress at school and their future potential as they go into adulthood. I wish BackCare every success with their ‘Protecting Young Backs’ campaign and hope that their message will reach everyone in a position to address the risk factors for back pain in children, as well as encouraging children and young people to have healthy lifestyles and to look after their backs.