{"id":1883,"date":"2017-08-22T19:16:26","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T02:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/2017\/08\/bag-update\/"},"modified":"2017-08-22T19:16:26","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T02:16:26","slug":"bag-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/bag-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Bag Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I used the new bag that I picked up. &nbsp;It was lightly packed, and hung about where I used to have the other messenger bags, at waist level.<\/p>\n<p>OW MY BACK.<\/p>\n<p>I thought that I had made a huge mistake with using a cross body bag again, but when I got of the bus, I made a point to stand and walk with better posture, which actually helped. Still hurt, though, but not as bad.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I guess the bag had changed my posture for the worse over the years, and my body automatically shifted to that bad posture and matching gait.<\/p>\n<p>Once I got to the office, I googled &#8220;messenger bag back pain and was surprised at the number of results. &nbsp;The common theme was that it does cause back pain over time, especially after age 40.<\/p>\n<p>Yikes.<\/p>\n<p>There were also a few suggestions to alleviate the pain, including shortening the strap.<\/p>\n<p>Okay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170822_1808551935947803.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170822_1808551935947803.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1882 alignnone size-full\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170822_1808551935947803.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170822_1808551935947803-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170822_1808551935947803-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I moved the bag to ride higher above my waist and hip, and surprisingly, it appears to have worked. I had no discomfort at all on the way home.<\/p>\n<p>Day two tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I used the new bag that I picked up. &nbsp;It was lightly packed, and hung about where I used to have the other messenger bags, at waist level. OW MY BACK. I thought that I had made a huge mistake with using a cross body bag again, but when I got of the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/bag-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bag Update&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44,1],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-1883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gadgets","category-uncategorized","tag-man-bag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}