{"id":1872,"date":"2014-09-01T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T04:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hnetalk.com\/Member\/?p=1872"},"modified":"2014-09-01T00:00:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T04:00:45","slug":"safety-tips-backpack-dos-and-donts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/safety-tips-backpack-dos-and-donts\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety Tips: Backpack Do&#039;s and Don&#039;ts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthnewengland.com\/drlaurie\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1812\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/03c4283.netsolhost.com\/member\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/HNE_DrLaurie_728X90.jpg?resize=728%2C90\" alt=\"HNE_DrLaurie_728X90\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/HNE_DrLaurie_728X90.jpg?w=728&amp;ssl=1 728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/HNE_DrLaurie_728X90.jpg?resize=300%2C37&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/HNE_DrLaurie_728X90.jpg?resize=500%2C62&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p>Welcome to Living Well with Dr. Laurie. Happy Labor Day to you all!! I am glad you decided to\u00a0drop by! It&#8217;s time for a new school year.\u00a0My friends tell me their\u00a0children\u00a0keep asking for larger backpacks because they\u00a0don&#8217;t have time to go to their locker at school or they\u00a0need to carry their laptop with them.\u00a0\u00a0Read\u00a0this before you purchase a new backpack!<em><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1925 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hnetalk.com\/Member\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/backpack-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"backpack\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/> <\/em>With a new school year beginning soon, two orthopaedic groups have released tips to help kids avoid backpack-related injuries.The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America warn that wearing a backpack that is too heavy or improperly positioned could result in sprains, strains or posture problems. Best practices to avoid injuries:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carry no more than 15-20 percent of their body weight.<\/li>\n<li>Use both shoulder straps and adjust them to keep the load close to the back.<\/li>\n<li>Remove items if the backpack is too heavy and pack the heaviest things low and in the center.<\/li>\n<li>If possible, leave books at home or school instead of carrying them back and forth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Parents also can help by purchasing the <a href=\"http:\/\/orthoinfo.aaos.org\/topic.cfm?topic=A00043\">right-size backpack<\/a> for their child, and asking if their child has any numbness or tingling in the arms, which could indicate the backpack is too heavy or fits poorly.<\/p>\n<p>So after I picked up my daughter&#8217;s backpack and almost fell over from the weight, I ordered her a new and SMALLER one with sturdy straps!<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to take my school safety quiz if you haven&#8217;t already. There is a reward for you once you complete it!!\u00a0\u00a0 Join me tomorrow when we talk about students and computers!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthnewengland.com\/drlaurie\/quiz.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2105\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/03c4283.netsolhost.com\/member\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/weeklyQuiz.jpg?resize=325%2C140\" alt=\"weeklyQuiz\" width=\"325\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/weeklyQuiz.jpg?w=325&amp;ssl=1 325w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/weeklyQuiz.jpg?resize=300%2C129&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please read our\u00a0<a title=\"Disclaimer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hnetalk.com\/Member\/who-is-dr-laurie\/disclaimer\/\">Disclaimer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/megnut\/3922937963\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Living Well with Dr. Laurie. Happy Labor Day to you all!! I am glad you decided to\u00a0drop by! It&#8217;s time for a new school year.\u00a0My friends tell me their\u00a0children\u00a0keep asking for larger backpacks because they\u00a0don&#8217;t have time to go to their locker at school or they\u00a0need to carry their laptop with them.\u00a0\u00a0Read\u00a0this before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-1872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drlaurie","tag-dr-laurie-safety-tips-backpack-dos-and-donts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/backpack-e1409270696857.jpg?fit=300%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ZZGa-uc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}