Best Childrens Backpacks
Step 1: Choose Right. Choosing the right size backpack is the most important step to safe backpack use. Tip: Bring a friend to help you measure your backpack properly. Step 2: Pack Right. The maximum weight of the loaded backpack should not exceed 15 % of your body weight, so pack only what is needed. Tip: If the backpack forces the wearer to move forward to carry, it’s overloaded. Step 3: Lift Right. Face the Pack -Bend at the Knees – Use both hands and check the weight of the pack. – Lift with the legs – Apply one shoulder strap and then the other. Tip: Don’t sling the backpack onto one shoulder. Step 4: Wear Right. Use both shoulder straps – snug, but not too tight. Tip: When the backpack has a waist strap – use it DC Pack™ is the only backpack designed by a Doctor of Chiropractic and co-founder of Backpack Safety America/International, the world’s first comprehensive educational program for safe and proper backpack use among school-age children. Why purchase the DC Pack™ for yourself or your child? Here are just a few of the many reasons why: Special lumbar support takes stress off the back and encourages healthy posture by using the backpack’s weight to maintain the natural curves of the spine Wide, cushioned, adjustable shoulder straps distribute the contents’ weight to reduce pressure on shoulders and neck and adjust to fit any student Equipped with light-reflective material that enhance safety by making it easy... Read More