Take good care of your back! If you have a sore back, maybe the reason that it hurts is that you have too many textbooks, notebooks, cosmetics and clothes in your backpack. You may not think it but it is true that you should put the heaviest items closest to your back.

Sixty percent of children get backaches because their backpacks are overweight. It is best that you wear your backpack over both shoulders, not slung over one shoulder.

Teens think they won't have back pain but teenage years are when you can start getting back pain. Andrew Haig says, "In children, we just don't know if those kinds of heavy loads cause problems or not. But wearing a heavy, heavy backpack, when your muscles and bones aren't ready for that, is not a good thing."

Six percent of ten year olds and 18% of 14, 15 and 16 year olds complain of back pain. If you get a backache, the best thing to do is move around. Also, exercising your stomach muscles helps. 5.4 million people who have backaches each year.

One-third of school-age children are overweight. You get overweight by not exercising enough (for more info click here). Not exercising can also cause back problems. Ninety percent of Americans will have back pain at some time in their lifespan. Wear your backpack properly!