Santa doesn’t just hang
out at his desk for work! He’s out exploring
the world, in and out of his sleigh, getting
the assistance of others (elves and reindeer!) to do part
of the hard, back-wrecking work. However, he also works from his
home/workshop which surely brings him similar stresses and pain like it does for the
rest of us who recently realized the dream of working from
home. However, we can learn from his example. He doesn’t just sit
at a desk. He gets help for challenging chores. He moves!
Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center urges all of our Pensacola
work-from-home friends to do the same as well as undergo
relieving chiropractic care
for the back pain, neck pain, shoulder, and other pain(s) you may now experience.
THE DREAM: WORK FROM HOME, LEARN AT HOME
Working from home. It was the dream job for many
of us…until the dream came true. There are some amazing
statistics on how work-from-home has changed so many
of us. One study of 232 telecom employees recorded that
39% had more pain in the low back, 48% in the upper back/neck, and 27% in their
hands. Only 33% said they did not have any such
musculoskeletal pain issues. (Women reported more issues than men.) 30% worked in a separate room
at home, 32% worked in a separate section of a room with
other people of the home, 38% worked in a non-separate area like
the dining room. 41% did not have an office
chair; 32% sat in an ergonomic chair. 71% were bothered
by constant or intermittent disturbances.
52% put in more work hours a day. Only 30% took recurrent
breaks. (1) Students experienced much the same as did workers when their learning and teaching was done
at home: low back pain for 73%, neck pain for 69%, shoulder pain for 59%. Influencing
factors for students were pain, academic stresses, personal/emotional issues,
work environment, and time in front of the computer. (2) For the
work-from-home dream to come true with as little pain as possible
demands some preparation. Your Pensacola chiropractor is
up to the task to help you prepare.
WORKING FROM HOME: THE SET UP
Any new venture needs a plan. Beginning
without the plan goes wrong for many. 89% of
new-to-working-at-home workers who replied
to a survey stated some musculoskeletal pain.
Upper back pain was described as being a result of
nonergonomic work environments with suboptimal computer
configurations while nonergonomic postures were related
to headache and low back pain. (3) A survey of university
employees documented that 61% of them experienced
more musculoskeletal pain working from home with neck, shoulder and low back
pain being the most common. Women reported
significantly more pain than men. The height of the seat an the distance of
the monitor were significant risk factors
for discomfort and pain in work-from-home employees. (4)
HOPE FOR NEW WORK-FROM-HOME PAIN
There is hope! Despite the new
work-from-home trend that prompted more sedentary
lifestyles, decreased physical activity, and more
musculoskeletal pain like back pain, researchers noted
that exercise and less sitting around successfully decreased
low back pain and even ‘cured’ it for participants in their study. (5)
Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center presents some simple, gentle exercises for our
Pensacola chiropractic patients. Begin them after we do a thorough exam and you start noticing
relief with our gentle chiropractic spinal manipulation care.
CONTACT Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. John Murray on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares
relieving chiropractic care for back and neck pain patients with The Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management on The Cox®8 Table.
Schedule your Pensacola chiropractic
appointment today. Be like Santa: move, get help with
the heavy lifting, alter your workspace! Happy Holidays!