Are Heavy Schoolbags Hurting Your Posture? Examining the Effects of Carrying Backpacks on our Physical Health
- Julian Simpson
- Feb 29, 2024
- 3 min read
Are Heavy Schoolbags Hurting Your Posture? Examining the Effects of Carrying Backpacks on our Physical Health
Schoolbag carriage is an essential part of our kids school life, but when the bags are excessive in weight they can
- compromise posure
- induce neuro musculoskeletal disorders
- interupt cardiopulmonary function
- cause shoulder, back and hand pain.
When there is EXCESSS weight in the school bag, it can cause stress on the neck, back and lower back vertebrae.
Heavy schoolbags are associated with postural deviations, such as posterior pelvic tilt, increased thoracic kyphosis, increased forward trunk lean, changes in lung function and changes in gait kinematics.
With back pain in kids aged 8-13 years having back pain, ( 1 in 3 kids) researchers wanted to see how much weight should the backpack be
When the backpack is 10-15% of the childs body mass, there is an association with having more problems.
In other words m if your child is 50kg , try and make sure the bag weights less than 5kg
The 2023 research also found that with an increase in bag weight, there was alterations in gait including
- elevations in forefoot and heel forces
- reduction in gait speed
kids who have bag carrying weight of more than 15% of their body weight had .... 9 TIMES MORE PAIN compared to those carrying under the threshold. This is a huge difference and a good prompt to inspire children to carry less.
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Reference
Children (Basel). 2023 Sep; 10(9): 1497. Published online 2023 Sep 1. doi: 10.3390/children10091497 PMCID: PMC10528080 PMID: 37761458
The Acute Effects of Schoolbag Loading on Posture and Gait Mechanics in 10- to 13-Year-Old Children: A Cohort from the North West Province
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