The Physiotherapy Study Program, Faculty of Nursing, Hasanuddin University carried out Community Service at SMP-IT AR-RAHMAH PAJJAIANG on Friday (24/11) which was attended by the KPS of the Physiotherapy Study Program, lecturers and staff of the physiotherapy study program as well as a number of physiotherapy profession students.
In this series of activities, the theme was “Ideal Posture Achieving a Healthy Generation” where the activity was reported by the committee chairman Melda Putri, S.Ft., Physio., M.Kes and at the same time gave a speech to the pupils and students, then the event was opened by the school principal represented by Mr. Firman S.Pd, several activity items carried out were counseling about ideal posture delivered by Physiotherapy Lecturer Hamisah, S.Ft., Physio., M.Biomed and Posture Screening which was examined by lecturers and professional students physiotherapy for female students where there were 157 students and female participants/samples who had been screened.
Those involved in this service activity are junior high school (SMP) students with an age range of 13-15 years as targets because in their early teens they are very susceptible to posture disorders caused by many factors including the wrong sitting or standing position when doing daily activities, carrying an uneven load of school bags and so on. Therefore, it is deemed necessary to have posture screening and education about ideal body posture in carrying out daily activities to detect and prevent posture disorders early on.
This activity has the aim of providing health education about ideal body posture, providing posture screening health services, making a Cooperation Agreement (PKS) between community service partners, in this case SMP-IT AR-RAHMAH, Makassar and the Physiotherapy Study Program, Faculty of Nursing, Hasanuddin University.
