Tag Archive: BackPack Saftey

Backpack Safety Awareness part 4 – Backpack Safety Tips

National School Backpack Safety Awareness Day is September 16th
Backpack Safety Tips
Here are four guidelines for proper backpack use:
1. Choose Right — Choosing the correct sized backpack is an important first step to safe backpack use. The backpack should not be larger than three quarters of the length of a child’s back. The shoulder straps should [...]

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Backpack Safety Awareness part 3-Backpacks May Spawn Falls

National School Backpack Safety Awareness Day is September 16th
Backpacks May Spawn Falls
Research presented at the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation’s annual meeting in San Francisco exposes yet another potential danger of heavy backpacks: they promote falls in students who wear them.
Specifically, students who carried packs weighing 25% of their body weight exhibited balance [...]

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Backpack Safety Awareness part 2 – Backpacks’ Attack On Backs

National School Backpack Safety Awareness Day is September 16th
Backpacks’ Attack On Backs
Watch children in any schoolyard struggle to walk while bent sideways under the weight of an overloaded backpack on one shoulder. You will quickly realize the potential danger of this commonplace item. How exactly does carrying a backpack affect the spine? Common sense tells [...]

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Backpack Safety Awareness part 1- The Beginning of an Epidemic

National School BackPack Safety Awareness Day is September 16th
Mounting Research Reveals Alarming Danger Associated With Improper BackPack Use
Each year, National School Backpack Safety Awareness Day takes place on the third Wednesday of September. However, since students need to get ready to return to school in the next few weeks and are filling their backpacks with [...]

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