{"id":1715,"date":"2012-12-10T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/2017\/09\/pain-in-the-bag\/"},"modified":"2018-04-10T11:49:47","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T15:49:47","slug":"pain-in-the-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2012\/12\/pain-in-the-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"Pain in the Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, we can <em>have<\/em> it all\u2014but must we <em>carry<\/em> it all?<\/p>\n<p>Noticing that I use a very small purse, my daughter&#8217;s chiropractor commented that I wasn&#8217;t likely to need her services for the many aches and pains caused by women&#8217;s larger pocketbooks. I had to laugh. When my daughters were small, I had a diaper bag that must have weighed 20 pounds. I swore that when I no longer needed all the baby supplies, I&#8217;d carry the smallest purse I could find.<\/p>\n<p>The chiropractor told me just how often she sees women with fashionably enormous bags. They\u2019re good for her business\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.123chiropractors.com\/articles\/excess-baggage-heavy-handbags-can-pose-serious-health-risks\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">back, shoulder and neck strain<\/a> are the consequences of a large, over-filled bag. Carrying your life around on your shoulders changes your posture and gait.<\/p>\n<p>The security of knowing she can handle any emergency with the contents of her purse keeps many a woman attached to her baggage. But there are some options that can help her shoulder the load:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alternate the bag from one shoulder to the other frequently.<\/li>\n<li>Try a backpack or messenger bag.<\/li>\n<li>Carry a flat-bottom bag so contents don\u2019t shift.<\/li>\n<li>Carry two bags to distribute the weight.<\/li>\n<li>Choose a bag with wide straps.<\/li>\n<li>Fill the bag with necessities, not extras.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A good article at EveryDayHealth.com suggests that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/back-pain\/is-your-bag-hurting-your-back.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carrying more than 10 percent of your body weight is too much<\/a>. It points out that airline personnel use wheeled bags to prevent back problems.<\/p>\n<p>I feel tempted to carry more than ever before\u2014technology, water bottles, the works. To keep my load light, my current solution is a very small and unforgiving handbag\u2014phone, credit card, license, a little cash and that&#8217;s about it. I carry a briefcase or a tote if I have papers.<\/p>\n<p>But, pockets\u2014can&#8217;t live without pockets, and the more, the better.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, we can have it all\u2014but must we carry it all? Noticing that I use a very small purse, my daughter&#8217;s chiropractor commented that I wasn&#8217;t likely to need her services for the many aches and pains caused by women&#8217;s<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2012\/12\/pain-in-the-bag\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pain in the Bag<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1715"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4150,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715\/revisions\/4150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}