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THE ISSUE - The Patent, registered SAS Harness has been designed and created to offer an ergonomically sound, fully supported, comfortable and adjustable school pack. Around 70 per cent of Australian school children may be damaging their spines by carrying heavy poor fitting schoolbags. The result of carrying an incorrectly unsupported school pack can cause muscle strain, distortion of the natural spine curve, rounding of shoulders, muscle spasms and chronic back, neck and shoulder problems that may linger into adulthood. Suitable from kindy to grade 3.

The risk factors contributing to spinal damage include:

• Unsupportive school pack
• A schoolbag that weighs more than 10 per cent of the child's weight
• Carrying the bag over one shoulder
• An incorrectly packed backpack
• An incorrectly fitted backpack

Additionally school packs should address the issues of Pack Sagging, never allowing a pack to hang more than 10 centimetres below the waistline, which increases the weight on the shoulders, causing your child to lean forward when walking. Also Supportive Shoulder Straps, which sustain and distribute the packs, weight equally across the wearers shoulders.