Posts Tagged ‘job’

Enhance Spine Health With Simple, Everyday Easy Ergonomics

February 19th, 2012

If you are putting in more than eight hours of work in your desk bound job for more than a year now, and seldom take work breaks in between, you have probably developed muscle aches and pain on your neck, shoulders, and throughout your back. To enhance your spine health, you need consciously have a good mix of exercise and good sitting habits.

You body will hint to you when you need to begin taking note of the way your sit, the way you slouch in your seat, the type of heels you wear, and literally the lifestyle you lead. Body aches in different parts of the body like neck, shoulders, arms, legs and back can develop from overtime work, bad sitting habits, lack of exercise, and especially a lifestyle of decadence. In fact, even simple lifestyle changes like a new work desk or chair, a new car or a new sofa could literally give you bad body aches. » Read more: Enhance Spine Health With Simple, Everyday Easy Ergonomics

Spinal Health

February 1st, 2012

There are 24 vertebrae, plus the sacrum and coccyx that make up the spine. Nerves from the spinal cord pass between the vertebrae, and they in turn send thousands of branches to every part of our body. These are the nerves that carry impulses (messages) to the millions of cells throughout the body. In affect they are the lines of communication between the brain and the cells. Spinal health is what we will be discussing. Maintaining a healthy spine for a Chiropractor is the number one priority. First you must get to know your body.

This means that you have to be aware of the way we sit, stand, walk, sleep, and how we perform our daily activities, both at work and play. Starting with a good night’s sleep will set you up for a pleasant day. Use a good firm mattress, but not one that is extremely hard as to prevent your body from it’s » Read more: Spinal Health

Ergonomic Tips on Enhancing Spine Health Part 2

November 29th, 2011

In part 1 of this series of Ergonomic Tips On Enhancing Spine Health, we discussed maintaining good spine health with various ergonomic tips like improving on sitting posture via ergonomic desk chairs, managing your own workplace ergonomics with basic approaches. The part of the series continues with tips which you can easily manage even at a workplace environment.

One key aspect that many of us tend to ignore is the feet. Wearing proper comfortable footwear of the right size is important. A lot of ladies ignore the warnings of chiropractors and foot reflexologists and continue their daily affairs with three to five inch high heel shoes. This has adverse effect on the spine over time, as they strain over the center of gravity of your body weight, and even alter the entire body alignment. You can imagine how devastating the effect is on your spine health, especially when this is torturing process is repeated on a daily basis over time. And if your job entails standing on your feet around the clock, you might consider wearing well cushions comfortable pumps or cushion your feet with soft rubber mats.

Not only should you be aware of good standing and sitting posture but also expand the awareness throughout your workplace and home offices, during work and at leisure. To be able to apply the approaches at all instances is an important step towards keeping good spine health. Using your ergonomic techniques throughout every single activity can help reduce stubborn aches developed at any part of your day. » Read more: Ergonomic Tips on Enhancing Spine Health Part 2