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Alleviate backpack-induced back pain with the convenient, spine-friendly BackTPack Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

It's not a backpack, but it serves the function of a backpack, only in a smarter way. The backtpack can carry loads of weight, but it distributes it on your body in a way that makes instant sense. Basically, you have the same straps and shoulder support of a backpack, but instead of the weight being held behind you, it's held to your sides (with one half on your left and the other half on your right) where it's naturally closer to your center of gravity.

You just unzip the pockets on the sides or undo the Velcro or reach into the front pockets. The backtpack has lots of different pockets, including a secret pocket on the inside that would be great for storing important documents when you travel, and all the pockets are easily reachable without having to take the thing off. That's a major benefit of this product. In fact, I'm surprised that nobody thought of this before. It seems obvious that this is a great way to carry stuff around.

Invented by a physical therapist Kudos to the inventor of the backtpack, a woman named Marilyn Miller Von Foerster, who is a physical therapist. She developed this product after observing the numerous injuries and postural problems caused by typical backpacks worn by both adults and children. That's another thing that's wonderful about this product. This is great for children who carry loads of books to school. It's great for college students hiking around campus with all their gear. It's especially great for adults who are either hiking or traveling.

The seat's just not big enough for your body and a backpack, but you could sit down while wearing the backtpack. You would just have to loosen up the waist strap a little bit and pull the sidesaddle bags forward while you sit down, and then you would have full access to all your gear while sitting there. So, what kind of gear could you fit in there? You could easily fit a laptop computer, books, pads of paper, water bottles, cell phones, portable MP3 players or any other device you might want to carry with you when you're traveling.

The company that makes the backtpack is based in Oregon, and it appears to be a small, innovative company that really cares about its product. I very much encourage you to check this out. I think I paid somewhere around $70 for this product which, I believe, is an outstanding deal. I've paid much more for products that weren't half as good at carrying around what I needed to carry, so I think this is a good investment. This pack also appears to be of high-quality construction.

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