Recently I have woken up every day with an incredibly sore neck. Since I usually sleep the same way, I was wondering if my pillow was the problem. Spine-health.com explains how sleeping position and the right pillow can alleviate sore neck issues. If the height of the pillow is too high when sleeping sideways or…
Category: Back, Neck Pain, & Headaches
Best Ways To Prevent Back Pain
Back pain, especially lower back pain, is one of the most common sources of chronic pain. Back pain affects 8 out of 10 people and most often starts during middle age. The aging process causes muscle atrophy and disc degeneration, both of which can result in back pain. It is important to take steps to…
Workplace Design & Productivity
Workplace productivity is directly tied to workplace design. This is most evident when we examine production jobs – jobs where there is a measurable output to employee actions, such as manufacturing, assembly and warehousing tasks. Barriers to comfort also are barriers to productivity. Ergonomic risk factors also are time and motion constraints. It’s that simple…
Study: Workers Who Lift Need More Breaks to Avoid Back Injury
Workers who are required to perform lifting tasks need to take longer or more frequent breaks to avoid back injury, particularly if they are new on the job, according to a new study published by researchers from Ohio State University. The study, which appeared in the journal Clinical Biomechanics and is the first to examine…
Back Pain Exercises
I came across a new site run by a non-profit organization that offers quite a bit of information on dealing with back pain. There are sections on back pain causes, treatments, and exercises. The site is also split into different parts of the back (i.e. middle left pain, upper right, etc), so it makes it…
Workplace Stress
It’s no secret that stress can lead to all manners of health problems like headaches, tension related aches and pains, weight gain, and even digestive ailments. Most people blame work for stress, but we may be bringing it on ourselves. We’ve become a society dependant on multitasking. At work, at home, and everywhere in between,…
Good Posture & Your Health
I found another article on how posture can effect your health (including headaches, and back and neck pain), just in case last week’../2005/07/stop_slouching_.html”>Stop Slouching!) wasn’t enough to convince you. According to journalist Connie Midey in The Straight Truth: Good Posture Improves Health, “Posture, it turns out, does matter, physically and psychologically. Grandmas who warned against…
Headache Culprits
I’ve always been quick to blame headaches on staring at the computer monitor too long or tension in the upper back/shoulders from sitting all day, but for some people, it may just be a matter of not drinking enough water. According to Signs of Dehydration, not getting enough water can cause headaches, fatigue, flushed skin,…
Solutions for Low Back Injuries & Other Discussions
Applied Ergonomics is a site with same good discussions on issues such as reducing back injuries, establishing good ergonomics in the work place, and showing the benefits of ergonomics. They have posted notes from their previous discussions and invite people to join their mailing list to join in. Some of the notes… Case Studies /…
Computers & Back Pain
Back pain from long hours at the computer used to be one of the items on my checklist of issues. Since buying my Herman Miller Aeron Chair, adjusting my workstation, and getting a break reminder program (Albion Stop Now), it’s thankfully become a non-issues for me. (Don’t worry, I still have other issues to complain…