Two easy ways to decrease back/neck pain at work are to improve your posture and to change positions more often. So for those of you who sit at work most of the day, here are some legitimate excuses for getting away from your desk at least once every hour. 1. To go to the bathroom.2. …
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Daily tasks that cause LOW BACK PAIN
These are some specific types of injuries that cause low back pain. 1. Falls. Falling can cause numerous injuries, from broken bones to torn muscles/tendons to internal bleeding and worse. So do whatever it takes to prevent falling. 2. Lifts. Lifting wrong is a major cause of low back pain. The heavier the object you are …
Lumbar Support for BACK PAIN
There is one simple and easy way to sit with improved posture, no matter what chair you are sitting in: to use a lumbar support or lumbar roll. Here are a variety of things you could use for back support. Just place them behind your low back, no matter where you are sitting. You could …
Neck pain prevention for a multi-computer work station
If you work at a desk where you have to read multiple computer monitors, here are some posture/body mechanics tips! 1. Get a chair that can easily raise up and down (the more it can go up the better). Be sure when you have to look up to raise the height of the chair so …
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Low back pain related to sitting posture
Bad sitting posture may not cause you immediate pain, but down the road it will. This is especially true if you have a desk/computer job where you sit most of the day. Slouched sitting posture, done all day, every day, will cause progressive changes in your spine, making it less stable and more prone to …
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