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Sitting Pretty
If you are anything like our team here at Work Interactive you spent the majority of your day with sitting at a desk, table, computer or all three. It may sound like an easy time but as I recently found out it can be hazardous to your health if not done properly. Yes, that's right - sitting down can injure you and cause some serious pain.
Recently, the years of tough paper rounds (I had 10 Sunday Times on mine) factored in with 10 hours a day in front of a screen has caught up with me, my body and the bank account. After an (expensive) visit to the chiropractor I found that by not setting up my daily working conditions correctly had in fact caused excessive wear on my spinal discs and some curvature in my spine. After regular therapy sessions I managed to alleviate the neck pain I had incurred and get my body back towards a healthy state.
All of this could have been prevented had I followed some of the simple steps below.
- If you work at a computer terminal set it up so that screen is in your direct line of site and you do not have to look up or down to view the screen.
- Get out of the habit of resting your arms on the table to use your keyboard. Your keyboard should be positioned at the lip of the table so you are forced to use your body to keep your hands in the best postural position.
- Slumping isn't sitting. Make sure you have a good chair with adequate back support for your full back. When you sit at your desk follow your parent's advice and sit up straight, so that your body can fully support your head and neck.
- If you are a gym bunny who frequents the weights bench make sure that you are using the correct technique for each exercises and not putting excessive strain on your back and neck muscles. If you perform a lot of exercises that utilise your chest muscles then be sure to compensate and stretch out the chest and back muscles after each work out.
- Make sure you take regular breaks from sitting. Our biggest problem when working on projects is that we can lose track of time when working on a project that our body is locked into the same position for a number of hours...sometimes days. Set a timer to remind you to get up, stretch and move about.
- If you do have pain, apply ice for 10 - 15 minutes. Make sure you wrap ice packs in something like a pillow case or you will get another injury!
Although this advice isn't the most professional it should give some guidance to how to avoid the perils of the desk-jockey lifestyle. If you do have or have had prolonged periods of back/neck pain from my own experience I suggest you see a professional sooner rather than later. Trust me - it works out cheaper in the long run.
Posted : 27 May 2010 by Andrew Cetnarskyj : Back to Tips And Advice on May 2010
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