April PSA 20-30-45 Seconds: Foundation for Chiropractic Progress

National Backpack Safety Month

 The Foundation for Chiropractic Progress, a not-for profit organization, supports April as National Backpack Safety Month.

Foundation doctors advise everyone — especially the forty million teens who carry backpacks to school — to carry no more than ten to fifteen percent of their body weight in the backpacks.

Avoid back pain and back injury by following these suggestions:

• Distribute the weight evenly. Wear both shoulder straps unless it is a one-shoulder pack
• Select packs with heavily padded shoulder straps and lumbar support. Bend your knees when lifting heavy back packs. Carry only what is needed

For more information visit www.f4cp.com or call 866-901-3427

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