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Vancouver Work from Home: A Painful Dream Come True? Chiropractic Can Help.

Santa doesn’t just sit at a desk for work! He’s out exploring the world, in and out of a sleigh, arranging the assistance of others (elves and reindeer!) to do some of the hard, back-breaking work. However, he also works from his home/workshop which certainly creates stress and pain for him 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 sit at a desk. He gets help for challenging chores. He moves! Vancouver Disc Centers urges all of our Vancouver work-from-home friends to do the same as well as received pain-reducing chiropractic treatment for the back pain, neck pain, shoulder, and other pain(s) you may now have.

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 stunning 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% reported not having any such musculoskeletal pain issues. (Women said that they experienced more issues than men.) 30% worked in a separate room at home, 32% worked in a dedicated area of a room with other members of the home, 38% worked in a non-separate area like the dining room. 41% did not sit in an office chair; 32% sat in an ergonomic chair. 71% were bothered by constant or intermittent disturbances. 52% worked longer hours. Only 30% took frequent breaks. (1) Students underwent much the same as did workers when their learning and teaching was done at home: low back pain for 73%, neck pain for 69%, shoulder pain for 59%. Influencing 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 requires some preparation. Your Vancouver chiropractor is up to the task 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 stated 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 found that 61% of them experienced more musculoskeletal pain working from home with neck, shoulder and low back pain being the most often experienced. Women stated 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! Regardless of 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) Vancouver Disc Centers presents some simple, gentle exercises for our Vancouver chiropractic patients. Start them after we perform a thorough exam and you begin experiencing relief with our gentle chiropractic spinal manipulation care.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. John Murray on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares relieving chiropractic care for back and neck pain patients with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management on The Cox®8 Table.

Make your Vancouver chiropractic appointment soon. Be like Santa: move, get help with the heavy lifting, alter your workspace! Happy Holidays!

Vancouver back, neck, shoulder pain from working at home as demonstrated by Santa
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