India, Oct. 17 -- Do you sling your bag over just one shoulder? It is a common habit. Some people do it for style, the convenience of quickly taking it off, or because two straps digging into the shoulder appear to be heavier, so one strap seems easy. But this simple habit, day after day, may put your shoulder at risk and even trigger early arthritis!

Addressing the relatively unknown repercussions of this widely common habit, Dr Aditya Sai Sr. Consultant - Orthopedics - Shoulder Surgery, Arthroscopy & Sports Medicine Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital Powai, Mumbai, shared with HT Lifestyle that the damage is slow but inevitably affects the shoulder and spine.

He remarked that the human body is built for balance, and this one-shoulder bag hab...