Adjust Your Health

Sitting at a desk all day just can't be good for you back... How to prevent back ache while at work!

If you're like many folks, chances are good that much of your days is pent sitting in front of a desk (or computer) for hours. Take the humble office cubicle: often not more than 30 square feet, hardly enough room to turn around. Physically constricting would be an accurate descriptor. Dilbert would have much to comment on the typical office confines. But the good news is there are a number of tips that I would like to share, that you can do to prevent the aches and pains that often result in a visits to your friendly chiropractor.

1. Just Stand! Talk on the phone standing up. Feel those muscles s-t-r-e-t-c-h! Your body will breathe a sigh of relief for getting the blood flowing again.

2. Walk! Use those necessary trips to the copier to get some exercise instead of viewing them as a nuisance.

3. Stretch! Stretch standing up. Stretch while you're on the phone. Stretch while you are doing other tasks at your desk.

4. Take mental health breaks! A mental vacation can be as close as a walk around the grounds. But they help and can relieve stress and tension that often leads to back, muscles, or neck pain.

5. Don't eat in your cube! Make it a policy to never eat at your desk. Go somewhere – anywhere, but get away even if only for a few minutes.

Seek A Tune Up! One solution is what we chiropractor's call “maintenance care”, because it continues the good work we've already established. Just like it's advisable to take the care in for an oil change throughout the year, so do does the body need more fine tuning. Maintenance care saves time and money. How? Ignore your spine and eventually you will seriously injure yourself again, requiring extensive rehabilitation. Compared to the simple protocol required to upkeep “maintenance care”. It's a winning formula, for staying pain free!