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Is Your Child's Backpack Too Heavy?

Writer's picture: Cat Powell PT, DPTCat Powell PT, DPT

While strength and resistance training is safe and important for children, proper form and positioning is crucial.


If backpacks are too heavy, causing too much stress onto the system, we begin to see compensations that could lead to injury.


Here are a few tips on how to effectively load a backpack and evenly distribute the weight:






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