Abstract
Objectives: The Back School is a therapeutic-pedagogical method for the preservation of good postural habits, reeducation of posture and prevention of pain in the spine. To know the postural habits of the Tabajara indigenous community through the realization of a sensitization workshop on care of the spine. Methods: This is an action, participatory and ethnographic research with a qualitative/quantitative approach. Fourteen women aged between 18 and 70 years participated. The instruments were inventory of correct and incorrect postural images and postural assessment form. Conclusion: The sum of the posture frequency was 165 to inadequate postures and 92 for appropriate postures. Qualitative analysis highlights that in the CIs of the questions: What are your expectations regarding this work? 78.6%= Learning the new; Have your expectations been met? 92.8%= Learning; Did the spine theme addressed contribute to improve your self-knowledge? 85.7%= Correct use of the spine; How do you feel at the end of the event? 85.7%= Emotional satisfaction; Pain in your spine? 85.7%= feel pain. Practice implications: The study showed that there is involvement in the spine with pain, which may be related to inadequate postures, and it can change using education for health approach.
Highlights
Back School (School of Postures) was developed in Sweden in 1969, at the Hospital Danderyd under the direction of Zachrisson-Forssel (1981) with the objective of workers helping themselves, taking care of their backs based on ergonomic counseling
It was possible to observe that the majority of indigenous women descended from Tabajara people, living today in the village of Vitória, adopt inadequate postures when carrying out activities of daily living, which can cause pain in their spine, and the most reported pains were low back pain
The study revealed that the inadequate postural habits as an expression of the participants’ relationship with their daily chores is very present in the life of each of the members of community participating in the workshop
Summary
Back School (School of Postures) was developed in Sweden in 1969, at the Hospital Danderyd under the direction of Zachrisson-Forssel (1981) with the objective of workers helping themselves, taking care of their backs (back care) based on ergonomic counseling. The Swedish precursor model reinforces the importance of educational classes using didactic material and demands results in changing postural habits. These are characteristics that favor health promotion (Meng et al, 2017). The results showed moderate evidence that schools of postures provide better effects on recurrent pain and chronic functional status. They found moderate evidence for the control of chronic low back pain in occupational settings
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