Take the Back Pain Out of Backpacks | Health and Fitness | qctimes.com Already a subscriber?

Click on the button below to set up your account or log in if you already have one.

Purchase a digital-only subscription now for unlimited online access to local news and information.

You are the owner of this article.

Little boy elementary student with backpack and sandwich box isolated on white

Little boy elementary student with backpack and sandwich box isolated on white

SUNDAY, Sept. 3, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Backpacks can mean backaches for schoolchildren, but an orthopedic surgeon has advice for parents and kids about how to keep soreness at bay.

"Parents should inspect their child's backpack from time to time," said Dr. Joshua Hyman of New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital in New York City.

Kids "often carry much more than they should, with extra shoes, toys, electronic devices and other unnecessary items," he explained in a hospital news release.

Hyman suggests that before sending kids off to school, parents should follow these backpack safety tips:

Researching family history? Looking for a photo of something you remember from childhood? Want to see what was happening the day you were born? Try our digital archive, where you can search the text of every edition we've published -- in all its iterations -- going back to 1855.

A unique book that provides an up-close and personal look at farm life. Yours for only $29.95 for a limited time.

Read this article:
Take the Back Pain Out of Backpacks - Quad City Times