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Handbags and your health

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While almost every woman in the world owns at least 1 handbag, one thing that is often overlooked is your health, you may be wondering where this is heading but recent research has shown women who carry a handbag for more than an hour a day are 70% more at risk of developing back pain / back problems as they age.

The main cause for this is that woman often go for fashion rather than comfort, much the same scenario as woman wearing high heels. When choosing a new handbag please ask your handbag retailer if you can test drive the bag for a few minutes with some weight in it, this may sound insane but long handled handbags will lead to all sorts of issues, back pain, shoulder pain, muscle contractions and other problems. So it is very important that you pick a handbag that distributes weight as evenly as possible, another tip is to alternate which shoulder you carry your handbag on every few days to reduce the risks of injury.