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Healthbeat: Finding the correct backpack for your child
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With the beginning of the school season right around the corner, it’s a good time to consider your child’s backpack. It is estimated that more than 40 million students carry backpacks in America each day. Many of these backpacks are overloaded, or fit poorly, resulting in a variety of injuries including neck pain, back pain, muscle spasms and headaches.