It is that time of year again where kids are back to school and parents are rushing around. We have heard that books
help children develop mentally, but can books also be harmful to a youngster's body? When you send your child off to school, no doubt you see an energetic child eager to learn. However, your Doctor of Chiropractic or your Physical Therapist, health specialists who puts particular emphasis on spinal integrity, sees something else. Over the course of the day, a child's backpacks can way up to 20-30 pounds.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, a child's backpack should not weigh anymore than ten percent of a child's weight. Not only does it throw off a child's equilibrium and balance; a heavy backpack is a strong contributor to lower back pain. All this weight suppressed to one-area forces children into a habit of bad posture and poor weight distribution.
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