nebula Posted November 19, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted November 19, 2009 November 18, 2009 10:34 AM Curing a pain in the neck Debora MacKenzie, correspondent Have you got a pain in the neck at your office? No, not what you're thinking. Neck and upper back pain are the plague of modern office workers, especially women. This repetitive strain injury is caused by working long periods in bad postures with a computer keyboard and mouse: in some surveys, two-thirds of women office workers have acute neck pain associated with the trapezius muscle, the big triangular one that extends from the back of your head down to your back. Help is at hand. Lars Andersen and colleagues at the Danish National Research Centre for the Working Environment in Copenhagen have found in the past that when people have this kind of pain, the trapezius muscle stops being able to generate much force, and what it does, it does slowly. They knew strengthening the muscle could counter this. But they didn't know how this happened. Rest here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiggersp6083 Posted November 19, 2009 Group: Members Followers: 3 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 70 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 11 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/01/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted November 19, 2009 thank you for sharing this. i have this problem at times and it seems they are easy to do. God bless you..happy exercising lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiloh62 Posted November 19, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 83 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,683 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 51 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/14/2008 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/14/1962 Share Posted November 19, 2009 November 18, 2009 10:34 AM Curing a pain in the neck Debora MacKenzie, correspondent Have you got a pain in the neck at your office? No, not what you're thinking. Neck and upper back pain are the plague of modern office workers, especially women. This repetitive strain injury is caused by working long periods in bad postures with a computer keyboard and mouse: in some surveys, two-thirds of women office workers have acute neck pain associated with the trapezius muscle, the big triangular one that extends from the back of your head down to your back. Help is at hand. Lars Andersen and colleagues at the Danish National Research Centre for the Working Environment in Copenhagen have found in the past that when people have this kind of pain, the trapezius muscle stops being able to generate much force, and what it does, it does slowly. They knew strengthening the muscle could counter this. But they didn't know how this happened. Rest here No, I've never had the luxury of sitting down all day in an office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted November 19, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 What was that for? I posted this for people who are having neck pain problems as a means of helping them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted November 19, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.22 Reputation: 9,763 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted November 19, 2009 Nice article. With the size of computers and monitors shrinking, I wonder if it would not be better to create a chair system that would allow people to relax instead of always being bent over due to the long periods of time one sits in front of them? Think Sci-Fi where the monitor and keyboard swings in in front of you after you sit down in a semi-reclined position. With the touch screen abilities, that would do away with the need for a mouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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