Minimizing Back Pain Condition At Your Desk

If you are spending lot of time in front of computers, you will get back pain.

Wrong posture is the main reason for back pain.

Continuous sitting alters the position of neck, shoulders, wrist, thumb and back movement and results in cervicogenic headache.

This leads to curvature change of the spine and low back pain. The sitting style also complicates the problem.

Our body is not designed to sit without movement for long hours. Stretching [Stretching Exercises] and walking can increase the concentration and smoking can cause chronic problem. Companies should concentrate on the ergonomically designed work stations.

The symptoms of back pain are pain when you cough or sneeze, pain awakens you from sleep, pain travels down one or both legs and pain is accompanied by loss of control of urination.

It is advised to take short breaks for every thirty minutes. Continuous sitting of three hours itself can be a strain on the back. Don’t sit on short chairs with rotating back and short armrest. Monitor should be placed one metre away from the body and keyboard at chest level.

Feet should be rest on a foot rest and centre of the monitor should be at eye level. The back of the chair should be tall to rest the spine and head.

Men take more breaks than women. Once you concentrate on your work, you don’t want to take a break and you are hardly aware of your posture that leads to complications.

Treatment for back pain can be physiotherapy recommended by orthopedists. Traction and heat therapy are included for correcting posture.