Children wearing backpacks
(Photo: iStockphoto)
Level 2
Special thanks to the BC Chiropractic Association
Illustrations: Nola Johnston
Choose a backpack:
- with many pockets, so you can balance
your heavy things, such as books.
- with wide, padded shoulder straps:
Read the PDF
Pack it right:
- Put the heavy things at the bottom
of the pack.
These things should lean
against your back.
- Put light things at the top.
Pack it light:
- Your backpack should weigh only
10% to 15% of your body weight.
For example, if you weigh 65 kg,
your pack should weigh about
6 kg to 10 kg only.
Wear it right:
Backpack too heavy:
Weight on one shoulder only:
Backpack too low:
Not too heavy, not too low.
Weight on both shoulders:
