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Did you ever think that wrong postures can cause posture related problems? Have you ever tried to correct your wrong postures?

You need to sit, stand and work perfectly to avoid posture problems. Know the correct postures while sitting before the computer and avoid unnecessary posture related problems [Importance of correct posture].

How to sit before a computer with perfect posture?

Sitting in a chair: Select an ergonomic chair according to your height requirements. Always prefer a chair that has a foot rest and neck stand to make your legs and neck relaxed. Foot rest avoids the feet to dangle in the air and the neck stand supports your neck muscles when you lean back to the stand [Minimizing neck pain].

Posture:

• If your chair does not have foot rest, adjust the height of the chair in such a way that your feet touch the ground or feet placed flat on the floor. See that the knees are slightly below from your hips.

You know that poor posture can affect you with different posture related difficulties.

But do you know the probable methods which help you in improving your posture and avoid tribulations? This article helps you in recognizing different posture correction methods, which are sometimes very difficult to recognize and correct.

These tips help you in correcting the posture problems, mainly for people who work continuously without moving or who do not have any distraction from the computer screen.

Tips for correcting your posture:

Check your body alignment: Distribute all your body weight evenly on to your legs when standing and working before the computer. When sitting in chair, check for possible adjustments that help you in overcoming the posture problems.

Everybody seems to understand that movers and construction workers can have serious back and neck problems from their strenuous work.

But when you sit at a desk most of the day, people aren’t necessarily as sympathetic when you moan and groan about your spine, your sore throat, or your mood.

Based on anecdotal evidence gathered in various workplaces, here are the top ailments people in a typical IT office may face.

#1: A slug’s life

When the only body part you move in your job is your mouse finger, you just have to take fitness into your own hands.

Do you have to train for a marathon to lose some weight?[Lose weight]Not at all, according to Dr. James Levine of the Mayo Clinic.

He found that the time spent sitting was more likely to correlate with weight gain than the lack of vigorous exercise. You can keep slim, according to Levine, by walking slowly (about 0.7 mph) two to three hours a day.

There are aches that do not go away easily.Most often, people affected by a crick in the neck, a bad back or painful wrists, do not recognize these as symptoms of repetitive stress injury (RSI), the causative factors for which are embedded in a person’s profession or vocation.

“When there is physical stress of a similar kind and repeatedly at the same area, it leads to RSI,” says V.B. Bhasin, honorary senior consultant at the department of orthopaedics, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi.

Computer-dependent professions exhibit the highest incidence of RSI.

In an ongoing study on musculoskeletal disorders among computer professionals in India being conducted by RECOUP—Neuro Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Centre based in Bangalore, more than three-fourths of the 35,000 persons surveyed showed symptoms of RSI.

The areas affected most commonly include the neck, upper back, lower back and the upper extremity, says Deepak Sharan, medical director, RECOUP. A fifth of such patients also suffers from constant pain and numbness.

Is your posture annoying you? Want to bring change in your posture?

You should take care regarding every aspect such as sitting, standing, walking and leaning for correction in the posture.

Alexander technique is one of the best techniques in correcting your posture related problems.

Alexander Technique is also referred as the ideal method in making changes regarding your posture.

Alexander technique comprises of 3 principles in correcting the posture.

Remember that these principles are only related to posture correcting when you are still or sitting.

So, this is very much useful for computer professionals who worry about posture related problems.

Alexander technique posture correcting principles:

Observation: Do you feel that the posture you are sitting is wrong? If you feel that your posture is wrong, then this is know as observing principle. Use your eyes in recognizing the wrong posture. If you are able to observe these changes, start changing the posture. Most common observations are

How to be in posture? This is the most common question raised by computer professionals who spends lot of their time before the computer.

In this computer world, you spend most of your time by sitting before the computer. If you do not maintain perfect posture, you will be facing many problems regarding the wrong posture.

Many people who are not aware of posture problems ignore the importance of postures, but the truth is bad posture can affect your overall health.

If you are a computer professional or spend most of your time before the computer, then posture ranks first in maintenance of the health.

Other things like eating low fat and rich fiber food, sleeping adequately helps to maintain your health. This article contains some ideal posture tips which correct your posture and makes you overall healthy.

Now-a-days, eight hours of work in front of computer is common, but many professionals around the world are finding out that it can be dangerous to the health.

Computer related injuries (CRI) are increasing and many young people are complaining of sharp pains, cramps and numbness due to CRI.

The most common symptoms of CRI are headaches, back pain, neck pain, arm and shoulder pain.

You can get muscle and joint problems when

• Your work station design is poor
• You work sitting in a bad posture
• You perform repetitive actions
• You work for extended hours

Reasons for computer related injuries:

Not maintaining the curve of spine:

You can understand the correct posture by simply looking at the spine and how it tolerates weight. Your spinal column contains three different curves: cervical curve, thoracic curve and lumbar curve. These three curves are essential because spine is allowed to distribute the body weight equally rather than if the curves were straight.

These days working on computer for minimum 8 hours is common. But, the other common thing while working on your computer is back injury. There are many harmful situations that lead to back injury while working on your system. Identify the postures to prevent back injuries.

Postures that can lead to back injury:

1. Your body can bear unmovable position for only about twenty minutes. But, while working on your computer, you forget this fact and stay for prolonged hours in the same position without moving. After sometime, you feel discomfort in that posture. Soft tissues in your body lose elasticity slowly if you hold the same position for longer hours.

   Therefore, stress develops and thereby back pain or leg pain can develop. So, remember to change the posture often while working on your computer. Take short breaks for every half an hour. In that break, perform stretching exercises, lower back exercises or take a short walk. Once you return to the standing or sitting position, change the posture. It will regain the lost elasticity that is necessary for your joints.

Placing the monitor too close or too far can cause to assume awkward body postures.

These bad postures can lead to improper ergonomic condition and cause eye strain.

If you are keeping the monitor too far, it can make you to lean forward and cause strain in seeing the small text [Positioning the ergonomic monitor].

This can make your eyes tired and it also places stress on your torso as you will not get the support from back rest when you lean forward.

If you are keeping the monitor too close, your eyes will work hard to focus and this can make you to sit in the awkward position.

For example, you may tilt the head backwards for viewing the screen or move back your chair away from the monitor, making you to type by over stretching your arms.

Increase in waist size is the most common problem that is seen in people who spend more time in front of their systems.

There are several reasons for the occurrence of this problem and the most common cause which is seen in more number of people is storage of fat in that particular area.

People who work in the corporate office will not have enough time to take rest and get relaxed.

They immediately go to their work after eating. This is not a good practice and it makes your body to feel uncomfortable and your digestion levels will also become slow.

The fats which are present in your body will be stored in your stomach or in your waist line, that’s why the size of the waist will obviously increase.