{"id":869737,"date":"2026-08-24T13:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/869737\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T13:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:32:10","slug":"chiropractor-emphasizes-importance-of-choosing-proper-backpack-to-avoid-stress-and-strain-on-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/869737\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiropractor Emphasizes Importance of Choosing Proper Backpack to Avoid Stress and Strain on Body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/back-to-school-child-book-bag-1.jpg\" class=\"header-image\" alt=\"Chiropractor Emphasizes Importance of Choosing Proper Backpack to Avoid Stress and Strain on Body\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The start of the new school year is only about two weeks\u2019 away and a local chiropractor is reminding parents to consider backpacks and the impact they have on young, developing backs. <\/p>\n<p>Randy Follett of Lakeview Chiropractic says kids may want a backpack with their favourite characters or colours, but he says parents really need to look at how they\u2019re made and the support they provide. <\/p>\n<p>He says backpacks need to be proportionate to a child\u2019s body size, and not larger than what\u2019s needed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe top of the backpack should not go higher than the top of the child\u2019s shoulders, and the bottom of it should not be below the waist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He says weight is also a consideration, with lightweight materials preferable to leather or heavy fabrics. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe shoulder straps are really important\u201d says Follett \u201cthey should be\u2026at least 2 inches wide, they should be adjustable, and the shoulder straps should ideally be padded.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; The start of the new school year is only about two weeks\u2019 away and a local chiropractor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[49,48,84,269876,377,185074,269873,269875,269877,269874,269870,269871,269872],"class_list":["post-869737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-listen-to-vocm","tag-medication","tag-news-radio","tag-news-radio-st-johns","tag-st-johns-fm-radio","tag-st-johns-local-radio","tag-st-johns-radio-station","tag-vocm","tag-vocm-590","tag-vocm-radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}