Tips for Avoiding Stress and Strain While Working at Your Computer Did you know that working at a computer for long periods of time can cause strain to your body? Spending significant amounts of time on the computer is normal in today’s world, though. Working adults and school children use computers for extended periods every day, and they may be putting their health at risk by engaging in some unhealthy habits. This is serious: A report published in 2015 in the Annals of Internal Medicine found an association between sitting for long periods and a greater risk for deleterious health outcomes — even for those who engaged in regular exercise! Thankfully, it is possible to develop healthier habits that reduce the risk of spinal stress and strain. Here are some practical tips you can start right away to help incorporate healthy habits at work. Set Correct Chair Height While sitting at the computer, your forearms should be positioned at a right angle to the upper arms, which should hang comfortably at the side of your body. Adjust your chair height to ensure this 90-degree angle, but also consider the angle of your wrists — they should be kept straight while Read more…
This should not come as a surprise to anybody but we are sitting more today than our ancestor did. The modern way of living and the development of technologies has cut down our work so much that we almost don’t have to move anymore. This prolonged sitting is slowly killing us. Research in Sitting An average adult sits for 13 to 15 hours a day Mercola, but that still represents more time in a chair than time in your bed. In the past, when most people lived off of farming and agriculture, we use to spend roughly 3 hours a day sitting. Our bodies are made to be in movement and in action and this isn’t only an opinion but also a well researched fact. Thousand of papers have researched the impact of prolonged sitting on the human body. The position has been associated with multiple chronic diseases; the most commonly known ones being obesity, high blood pressure, type II diabetes and high cholesterol. It has also been associated with this centuries most debilitating condition…low back pain. Health Concerns The main problem is that when you sit your body isn’t only slowing down, but that after a certain period time Read more…