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Baby's and Beyond - Volume 9 l Issue 4

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back to school

Backpacks and good posture – making the right choices By Erryn Green, Motheo Moroane & Dr Jonathan Davy

As your child goes to school every day, it is crucial to ensure they remain safe and healthy, and that includes ensuring that they have the right schoolbag and that they use them correctly. It is this interaction, between children and their schoolbags, that parents, caregivers, and teachers need to be mindful of to ensure the safety of the children.

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uring childhood and adolescence, the musculoskeletal system is growing and developing rapidly and is therefore more susceptible to musculoskeletal imbalances, poor posture, or injury. A common contributing factor of

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