If a standard weekday for you involves hunching over a computer or desk for eight to twelve hours a day, and then spending your evenings watching Netflix, you’re not alone. According to one study, Americans only spend three hours each day standing/being active. For many of us, the rest of our days are spent working, eating, lounging,
Neck pain with children? It’s not usually something we think about. Know what else is a rare occurrence? Seeing someone without a smart phone. We tend to think about neck pain and back pain as being an adult condition but medical professionals are seeing more and more children complaining about neck pain and back pain
THE TRUTH HURTS (Low back pain statistics According to the American Medical Association and the American Physical Therapy Association) 2 to 1 –The number of women affected is more than men 8 – The number for every 10 people that are impacted by back pain and the percentage of people who develop chronic back pain
You’re quarantining to stay healthy—don’t let your posture sabotage that. By Hannah Seo, published in Popular Science and shared by Backbone Cushion Company, LLC on June 12, 2020 Posture can suffer while we work from home. While working from home, we tend to throw all sense of workplace decorum out the window. It’s easy to
On March 16, Nancy Black left her office for what she thought would be the last time. On March 19, however, she was back and ready to pilfer (with permission) parts of her office workstation. Dr. Black is an associate professor in the department of mechanical engineering at the Université de Moncton in Canada, specializing
Back pain is not unusual. 80% of us will experience it and women are twice as likely to be affected by it According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, “about 80 percent of adults will experience low back pain at some point in their lifetime.” We have 23 discs, 24 vertebrae and
Is working from home increasing your headaches? Are you one of the millions that has to deal with headaches? Anyone who has ever had a headache knows that it impacts your whole day and can make you feel miserable. But, did you know that not all of them are the same? Sometimes neck problems are
Did you know that for every 1″ your head moves forward of your shoulders, you head weighs double what it should? That means, the normal 10-12 pound head will weigh 20 lbs if the head is 1″ forward and up to 40 pounds when the head is 2″ forward. In my 20 years of practicing
Neck pain? Shoulder pain? Headaches? What do all these have in common? The symptoms usually start slow. First a little aching, then a little burning. Maybe it starts distracting you only at the end of the day and before you know it, you’re rubbing your shoulder by 10AM. If you’re lucky, it’s only in the
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