Board-Certified Dr. Karena Wu joins the Today Show again to discuss summer and school activities, specifically how to carry bags with weight. Dr. Wu discusses the hazards of carrying too much weight and demonstrates with the anchors on how to carry weight for shopping trips, travel and backpacks for both daily use and back to school. She also gives a quick tip on how to hold your body upright and use those postural muscles and core to stabilize the spine and offset any compression in your joints.
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