Santa does not just hang
out at his desk for work! He is out in
the world, in and out of his sleigh, arranging
the assistance of others (elves and reindeer!) to do some
of the hard, back-wrecking work. However, he also works from his
home/workshop which certainly 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 does not just lounge
at a desk. He gets help for heavy chores. He moves!
Hollstrom & Associates Inc urges all of our Largo
work-from-home friends to do the same as well as arrange
alleviating chiropractic treatment
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: the dream job for many
of us…until the dream came true. There are some amazing
stats on how work-from-home has changed so many
of us. One study of 232 telecom employees found 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 problems. (Women related that they had 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 sit in an office
chair; 32% had an ergonomic chair. 71% were bothered
by constant or occasional disruptions.
52% worked longer hours. Only 30% took frequent
breaks. (1) Students underwent much the same as the workers
did when their learning and teaching was performed
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 with the computer. (2) For the
work-from-home dream to come true with as little pain as possible
demands some preparation. Your Largo chiropractor is
ready to help you prep.
WORKING FROM HOME: THE SET UP
Any new venture needs a plan. Starting
without the plan backfires for many. 89% of
new-to-working-at-home workers who participated in a survey described some musculoskeletal pain.
Upper back pain was said to be 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 reported that 61% of them experienced
more musculoskeletal pain working from home with neck, shoulder and low back
pain being the most frequent. 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 resulted in more sedentary
lifestyles, reduced physical activity, and more
musculoskeletal pain like back pain, researchers noted
that exercise and less sitting around successfully cut
low back pain and even ‘cured’ it for participants in their study. (5)
Hollstrom & Associates Inc offers some simple, gentle exercises for our
Largo chiropractic patients. Start them after we go
through a thorough exam and you begin experiencing
relief with our gentle chiropractic spinal manipulation care.
CONTACT Hollstrom & Associates Inc
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.
Schedule your Largo chiropractic
appointment now. Be like Santa: move, delegate
the heavy lifting, modify your workspace! Happy Holidays!