Your posture from our posture

Project with a big impact on the Oradea community, "Your posture from our posture" - is a project for the assessment of postural deformities among children aged between 8-16 years.
Through this project, the Help & Care Association conducts a screening (initial mass examination) of postural imbalances in children aged 8-16 from Oradea.

This action will be carried out by a team of specialists in the field of physiotherapy, between 01.09.2023 and 01.11.2023.

Estimated number of participating teenagers: 300 people.

The objective of the project consists in:

• Early identification of poor posture and other imbalances of the musculoskeletal system using specific assessment tools and devices. : scoliosis, platfus, erasure/accentuation of physiological curves in the spine (hyperlordosis, hyperkyphosis, flat back, etc.), joint hyperlaxity, pes cavus, etc.
• Raising children/adolescents' awareness of correct posture and preventive behaviors.

Not having a specific network for detecting spinal deformities (scoliosis, kyphosis) in Romania there is a very large number of children and adolescents with serious forms of spinal deformities. Since scoliosis is difficult for relatives/parents to notice, it is important to examine children in time. Scoliosis can get worse if left untreated and cause pain and complications in adults, and detecting it at an early age allows it to be corrected as the child continues to grow.