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Lightening the Load of Children’s Backpacks
Health Tips for Parents:
Alcohol
If you store alcohol in the house, keep it out
of sight. A place that your teen doesn’t have
easy access to is best.
Teens who see their parents drinking are
more likely to experiment. Set a good example.
If you do drink alcohol in front of them,
make sure you’re also having open conversations
about the risks of underage use.
For more information: www.parentupvt.org
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on the web at www.cvndc.org
With school starting up soon, parents seem
to be carrying a load of questions to me about
children and heavy backpacks, and whether
these packs can result in back problems in
their little ones. Let me back up and provide
some information on backpacks.
Weight and posture are key
There are some studies in high school and
college students that suggest that if an older
student carries a heavy load wearing only one
strap of their pack on their shoulder, then serious
neck, shoulder and back pain will result.
While no similar study has been done in
younger children, we can just look at them
and see that those who wear one shoulder
strap do alter their posture and gait, or how
they walk, and this can certainly make them
susceptible to getting back, shoulder and neck
discomfort.
That is why the American Academy of
Orthopedic Surgeons and the American
Physical Therapy Association recommend
that backpacks should contain no more than
10-15% of a child’s body weight.
Best backpack picks
The best kind of pack is one that is lightweight
and has two wide, padded straps to go
over the shoulders and that cannot dig into the
shoulders to cause nerve pain. A recommended
backpack has a padded waist or chest
belt to distribute weight more evenly, a padded
back so sharp objects do not poke through
to the back, and multiple compartments to
distribute the weight of the load. The width of
the pack should be no greater than the child’s
torso. In addition, a backpack should not hang
down more than four inches below the waist.
Remember to make sure your child uses both
shoulder straps.
In addition, I recommend that the heaviest
items be packed low in the pack and close to
the body to help balance the load.
Signs of overload
My rule of thumb is that if your child complains
of back, neck or shoulder pain during
the week, and it gets better over the weekend,
be suspicious of their backpack and make a
weight or shoulder strap adjustment or reduce
the weight content as necessary. I find that
removing overdue library books is an easy
way to reduce the weight load, not to mention
storing some of those heavy books in a locker
rather than carrying them around in a backpack
all day.
Hopefully tips like these will pack a powerful
punch – or should I say a nutritious
school lunch – when it comes to your children
wearing their backpacks appropriately.
Lewis First, MD, is Chief of Pediatrics at
The University of Vermont Children’s Hospital
and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at
the University of Vermont’s Larner College of
Medicine. You can also catch “First with
Kids” weekly on WOKO 98.9FM and NBC5.
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