Santa does not just hang
out at his desk for work! He’s out in
the world, in and out of his sleigh, arranging
the help 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 now realize the dream of working from
home. However, we can learn from his example. He does not just lounge
at a desk. He gets help for heavy chores. He moves!
Amelia Chiropractic Clinic urges all of our Fernandina Beach
work-from-home friends to do the same as well as received
relieving chiropractic care
for the back pain, neck pain, shoulder, and other pain(s) you may now have.
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 altered 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% reported not having any such
musculoskeletal pain problems. (Women said
that they experienced more issues than men.) 30% worked in a separate room
at home, 32% worked in a separate section of a room with
other members of the home, 38% worked in a non-separate area like
the dining room. 41% did not use an office
chair; 32% sat in an ergonomic chair. 71% were bothered
by constant or occasional disruptions.
52% put in more work hours a day. Only 30% took frequent
breaks. (1) Students underwent much the same as did workers when their learning and teaching was undertaken
at home: low back pain for 73%, neck pain for 69%, shoulder pain for 59%. Contributing
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 less pain
requires some preparation. Your Fernandina Beach chiropractor is
ready to help you prep.
WORKING FROM HOME: THE SET UP
Any new venture necessitates a plan. Starting
without the plan backfires for most. 89% of
new-to-working-at-home workers who replied
to a survey reported some musculoskeletal pain.
Upper back pain was described as being a result of
nonergonomic work environments with suboptimal computer
configurations while nonergonomic postures were linked to headache and low back pain. (3) A study of university
employees found that 61% of them experienced
more musculoskeletal pain working from home with neck, shoulder and low back
pain being the most often experienced. Women reported
significantly more pain than men. Seat height and monitor distance were significant risk factors
for discomfort and pain in work-from-home employees. (4)
HOPE FOR NEW WORK-FROM-HOME PAIN
There is hope! Regardless of the new
work-from-home trend that prompted more sedentary
lifestyles, decreased physical activity, and more
musculoskeletal pain like back pain, researchers remarked
that exercise and less sitting around successfully decreased
low back pain and even ‘cured’ it for participants in their study. (5)
Amelia Chiropractic Clinic offers some simple, gentle exercises for our
Fernandina Beach chiropractic patients. Begin them after we perform a thorough exam and you begin experiencing
relief with our gentle chiropractic spinal manipulation care.
CONTACT Amelia Chiropractic Clinic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. John Murray on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes
relieving chiropractic care for back and neck pain patients with The Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management on The Cox®8 Table.
Make your Fernandina Beach chiropractic
appointment soon. Be like Santa: move, delegate
the heavy lifting, modify your workspace! Happy Holidays!