Posture, posture, posture! As many of us settle into the "Work From Home" life, we might just need the occasional reminder about our work postures. Hopefully we've progressed from the dining table and chair to a proper workstation and ergonomic office chair. And if so, I certainly hope we are setting ourselves up correctly to minimize stress on our muscles and joints. Regular postural changes are key. Our bodies weren't designed to sit all day. Frequent, regular movement helps to nourish our joints and produce contractions in our muscles and tendons to help reduce the stress on passive structures like our ligaments and discs. When we stand, postural muscles are continually contracting to hold our body upright and prevent us from losing our balance. When we sit for long periods, contractions in these large muscle group are mainly absent. This means our muscles switch off, and the passive structures like ligaments and joints absorb more stress. In comes the back pain, neck pain, headaches and so forth...
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AuthorNick is a local Geelong Osteopath with over 7 years of experience providing ergonomic assessments and recommendations to a wide variety of small and large scale businesses in Geelong. Archives
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