Backpack Safety and Injury Prevention: Secrets to a Childs Healthy Back

On Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. at the Washington Twp. Public Library, 37 E. Springtown Rd., Long Valley, NJ., Dr. Michael Hyjek, chiropractor, will present a workshop on “Backpack Safety and Injury Prevention: Secrets to a Childs Healthy Back”. A recent Simmons College research study found that the majority of the fifth-grade students surveyed carry backpack loads weighing more than 15% of their body weight. Many children injure themselves due to misuse of backpacks. Come learn the secrets to maintaining a healthy back and the proper way to carry a backpack. Dr. Mike will conduct backpack weigh-ins. Show a backpack awareness video. Discuss issues of proper backpack use. Send home information on how to prevent backpack injury as well as how much weight your child is carrying. Call the Library at 908-876-3596 or go to http://www.wtpl.org/ and go to Adult Activities to sign up for this program.