It is uncertain whether heavy backpacks cause permanent damage in children, but overloaded and improperly-worn backpacks can cause temporary back pain. It is important to ensure your children are using their backpacks correctly.

Here are five things to remember when packing your child’s backpack:

  • Use two shoulder straps at all times
  • Evenly distribute weight
  • Pack heavier items closer to the body
  • Use individual compartments for sharp objects like pencils
  • Secure loose straps and key chains

Happy packing from Patient First!

Related Articles

We would love to learn what would be helpful on this page for you.

Articles by tag

2020 4th-of-July 5-star-physician aberdeen Acetaminophen ACLS AED air-purification allentown Allergies amerigroup announcement Antibiotics anxiety Asthma autumn award awards back-to-school baltimore baltimore-child baltimore's-child baltimore-sun beach bedside-manner bel-air best-for-families Best-Of best-of-2019 Best-of-2020 best-of-award best-of-awards Best-of-Jewish-times-winner best-urgent-care best-workplace bethlehem Black-Friday blog Blood-Donation BLS Blueberries blue-cross blue-shield capital-gazette careers CDC children with disabilities Cholesterol Circadian-Rhythm cold-prevention colon-cancer concussion coronavirus covid-19 COVID-19-Test CPR cramp-prevention Dehydration dental-health Depression Dermatitis Diabetes drowning drug screening Dry-Skin eastern-pa easton Eating-Disorder Eating-Disorders employees Ergonomics E-Scooter exercise eye-health face-mask fall fall-sports Farmer's-Market First-Aid fitness Flu flu-season flu-shots food-storage food-swaps football for moms for-moms for-parents fredericksburg free-play Gastrointestinal General Generation-X-Health gift-ideas Good-Fats Halloween hand foot and mouth hand-foot-and-mouth Hand-Washing Hanukkah harrisburg Head-Lice Healthcare Health-History health-symptoms healthy-eating healthy-living healthy-swaps heart-disease Heart-Health Heat heat-exhaustion Heat-Safety hiking holiday Holidays horizonBCBS horizon-blue-cross horizon-blue-shield horizon-insurance Humidifier hydration inclusivity inclusivity-&-accessability injury-prevention Insect-Stings insurance jetlag Kidney Kwanzaa lehigh-valley life-support-class Lightning lyme maryland Mask meal-prep Meatless-Monday mechanicsburg medical-records melanoma memory-retention Men's-Health Mental-Health millennial Millennials montco montco-pa montgomery-county montgomery-county-pa Movember MRSA new jersey new-center new-jersey new-year New-Year's northern-va northern-virginia nova nurtition Nutrition Obesity occupational health ocean-safety osteoporosis outdoors Paddle-Sports PALS parent tips Parenting parenting-tips parent-tips patient-first pennsylvania pets philadelphia philly physicals poison-ivy poison-prevention Power-Outage Pregnancy Probiotics Productivity Protein pumpkin recipe recipes registration reicpes resolutions richmond River running safety Safety-Tips Seasonal-Affective-Disorder services shin-splings sick kid Sickness-Prevention skin sleep Smoke-Detector smoking Snow soccer sore-throat south-jersey sports Sports-Physicals spotsylvania Spring spring-cleaning St.-Patrick's-Day stafford Stitches strep Strep-Throat stress stress-managment stroke summer summer-sports Sunburn Sun-Safety sunscreen Swimmer's-ear swimming TBI Teal-Pumpkin Teething Thyroid tick ticks tips-for-parents top-physicians top-workplace traveling-tips travel-tips unitedhealthcare urgent-care Urinary-health vacation vaccinations vaccines Valentine's-Day Valentines-Day Video Vitamin-D volunteering walking washington-dc washington-post washington-post-2019 Weight-Lifting wellness Winter Workouts Yard-Work Yearly-Physical