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

Santa does not just sit at a desk for work! He is out in the world, in and out of his sleigh, arranging the help of others (elves and reindeer!) to do part of the hard, back-breaking work. However, he also works from his home/workshop which surely brings him similar stresses and pain like it does for the rest of us who now realize 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! Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office urges all of our Groton work-from-home friends to do the same as well as get 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. It was the dream of many…until the dream came true. There are some stunning statistics on how work-from-home has altered 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% said they did not have any such musculoskeletal pain problems. (Women reported 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% didn’t sit in an office chair; 32% had an ergonomic chair. 71% were bothered by constant or random disturbances. 52% worked longer hours. Only 30% took frequent breaks. (1) Students experienced much the same as the workers did when their learning and teaching was done at home: low back pain for 73%, neck pain for 69%, shoulder pain for 59%. Contributing 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 less pain demands some preparation. Your Groton chiropractor is ready to help you prep.

WORKING FROM HOME: THE SET UP

Any new venture necessitates a plan. Starting without the plan backfires for many. 89% of new-to-working-at-home workers who replied to a survey described some musculoskeletal pain. Upper back pain was described as being a result of nonergonomic work environments with non-favorable 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 reported 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! Despite the new work-from-home trend that resulted in more sedentary lifestyles, reduced physical activity, and more musculoskeletal pain like back pain, researchers mentioned that exercise and less sitting around successfully cut low back pain and even ‘cured’ it for participants in their study. (5) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office presents some simple, gentle exercises for our Groton chiropractic patients. Begin them after we do a thorough exam and you start noticing relief with our gentle chiropractic spinal manipulation care.

CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. John Murray on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes 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 Groton chiropractic appointment today. Be like Santa: move, delegate the heavy lifting, modify your workspace! Happy Holidays!

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