Take a Load Off Fanny!
Do you wake up in the morning with a stiff neck and aching shoulders? Do you suffer from chronic back pain and muscle fatigue? Tingling arms? Or stooped posture ?
Well then maybe you need to “Lighten Up”. That’s right. National School Backpack Awareness Day is right around the corner and your friends at the American Occupational Therapy Organization want you to “Lighten Up: Pack it light, Wear it right”.
National School Backpack Awareness Day was created to raise awareness among parents, students, and teachers about backpack safety. It is recommended that a student’s backpack not weight more than 15% of his or her body weight. Yet the average student carries a backpack that weighs almost 25% of his/her body weight. In 2001, 7,000 emergency room visits occured as the result of book bags and backpacks!
So, with many students around the country already back in school and with almost everyone else set to return after Labor Day, there is no better time than now to learn how to load and carry your backpack properly. So check out the website and do your part to stamp out back pain.