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Parents of children who walk to from and around school carrying heavily loaded backpacks can follow a few guidelines to help prevent their children from experiencing back pain.

Not maintaining good posture and adequate back support stresses the spine, which can lead to back pain from problems with muscles, nerves, discs and joints.

Protecting the spine by doing regular posture checks, using extra back support and neck pillows, and staying active throughout the day can help prevent neck or back pain while traveling.

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