Doctor warns: Beware of bone damage from heavy backpacks
With school set to open soon, parents are probably busy buying school supplies for their kids. One of the items on every student’s do-do list is the purchase of a new backpack to carry notebooks and textbooks.
But parents should be careful when making the purchase and should take precautions to make sure the backpack isn’t crammed with heavy materials once the child is going back and forth to school, according to a doctor at Maimonides Medical Center.
Dr. Mara Karamitopoulos, pediatric orthopedic specialist at the Maimonides Bone & Joint Center on Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst, said adults should make sure to select the proper backpack based on the size and strength of their child.