Your Purse Is Too Heavy. Here's Why You Should Care

If you're like many women, your purse weighs somewhere in the neighborhood of six pounds—if not more. That overstuffed tote isn't just getting in your way: It could actually be a danger to your health, says Dr. Sabrina Strickland, an orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.

"When you carry a heavy bag on your shoulder, you kind of have to lift [your shoulder] or lean over to the other side, otherwise it's going to fall right off," Strickland says.