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The school year's pretty much just begun, and it seems that each and every
year you get more and more homework. Which also means that each and
every year you get a heavier backpack.
By carrying a backpack that's too heavy, you can really hurt your back
and your shoulders. Once your back is damaged, you will most likely
have problems with it for THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. You wouldn't want
that, now would you? So try these tips, and prevent it while you
can!
Tip #1: Put your heaviest
books (usually textbooks, right?) in the back of your backpack. This
helps because if you have them in the front of your backpack, it will
make the straps pull on your shoulders more, which makes it seem
heavier and can hurt your shoulders.
Tip #2: Make sure that your
backpack straps are not too long, because that also makes them pull on
your shoulders. If you have shorter straps, it is not pulling you down
so much.
Tip #3: Now this tip can
really make a difference. If your backpack is really heavy, take out
one or two of your heaviest books (or maybe even more depending on how
heavy it is) and simply carry them in your arms. Yes, that means more
muscles have to carry things, but it is actually easier because it's
not so much all in one place. Make sense?
Tip #4: Instead of bringing
heavy textbooks home, if you have a test, take as many notes as you can
on index cards or in a notebook so you don't have to bring your
textbook home. But, make sure that you get all important facts, and
don't copy anything down wrong!
Well, those are my tips. Hope I helped. Questions, comments,
complaints? Y-mail me. LoL!!
Thanks for reading my article! As they always say,
This is MelTyc signing off *click, click*
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