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Check Your Baggage: Preventing Lifestyle Stress on Our Body

Many health problems are related to chronic day-to-day lifestyle stresses placed on the body – one being the unilateral use of purses, bags or backpacks. When carried on the same side, day after day – for many years, bags have an effect on posture and the muscular system; thus having an effect on your overall health. Women tend to wear their purse on the same shoulder, men carry their message bags slung on the same side and kids tend to have their backpack over one shoulder. Over time, this will cause muscles to become overdeveloped on the weight-bearing side. This results in...