Working from home and developing new aches and pains from computer work?
Starting to develop neck and shoulder pain from unaccustomed postures?
Here are three useful tips to help improve your working space:
- Chair is too low/table too high – a common issue if you are working at a dining table
Solution – use cushions to raise your body up, particularly if your shoulders are creeping towards your ears when your forearms rest on the table when typing.
- The laptop dilemma: Do you suffer with neck pain if you raise the screen to eye level but have to raise your arms to the keyboard, OR shoulder pain if you keep your arms lifted to type enabling a good head/neck position?
Solution: try to get a second keyboard to enable optimal neck and shoulder postures whilst working.
- Headaches and shoulder tension? These can be stress related from the current restrictions but also caused by prolonged unaccustomed static postures, muscles held in positions for too long and getting tired.
Solution: small regular movements of all upper body joints will help prevent you become chair shaped.
Less ideal posture:
Better Sitting posture: 
Symptoms still not improving? We can help as we understand the limitations of home working…
Contact us for a video/telephone call to discuss handy changes that we can guide you through with your desk/workspace set up.
We can provide you 2-3 simple exercises that will keep your neck/shoulders and upper back moving – helpful for long stints of work or if you are on longer conference calls and can’t walk around so much.
Contact information:
Tel: 01284 748200
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