Gogo bags are conceived by a fashion designer on the go with three kids always on the go with too many books and electronics and gear and stuff. Their  go get ‘em dad, chiropractor-to-the-fabulous, is on a mission to save the backs of everybody with a gogo lifestyle. It is from this marriage of style and practicality, fashion and function, that gogogear was born.

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40 million children and teens carry a backpack each day
By: Dr. Ron Marinaro
Chiropractor
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) , believes that Carrying an overweight backpack is a contributing factor to back pain in children today and urges the use of ergonomically correct backpacks as a solution. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the use of book bags or back carriers resulted in over 6,000 injuries in 1999 alone. The American Occupational Therapy association has recommended that backpack loads carried by students be limited to 15% of a child's body weight. While teachers assign the same quantity of books to each student , their body sizes differ, which results in different weight distribution causing the child to carry the bag at different angles.This is one of the factors resulting in chronic back pain in children. The use of a pull bag redistributes the weight putting less stress on the spine.

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Take a Load Off of Your Kid's Back
By: Dr. Andrew Weil
M.D
Middle school students are carrying backpacks that are too heavy for them,some weighty enough to cause shoulder pain or even low back pain if they are unevenly positioned. A study at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine found that the pressure put on shoulders by a backpack equal to 20 percent of a child’s body weight was enough to reduce normal blood flow to skin and muscle in the area. They noted that a typical loaded backpack equals 22 percent of a child’s body weight. For the study, the researchers tested backpacks on ten 13-year-olds, five boys and five girls. The more weight the backpack held, the more pain the children reported. To prevent injury, the researchers recommended that backpacks should be positioned high on the back, the straps should be wide and worn over both shoulders, and the contents of backpacks should be minimized to lower theweight. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has estimated that nearly7,500 schoolchildren come to emergency rooms each year for backpack-related injuries. The study was published in the December 2005 issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
Source: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_28459.html