Posture Damage Due To Home Office
Working from home offers various advantages for companies and their employees. However, the latter are increasingly complaining about joint pain and posture problems. No wonder, because all too rarely are workspaces in the home environment set up optimally. Here are seven preventive tips from a physical therapist.
Posture damage contracted in the home office are reason enough to change something in one’s immediate environment. It’s often the small measures that bring real benefits, knows Alexander Srokovskyi, physiotherapist and osteopath. Above all, many postural defects can be prevented with regular breaks and a little exercise. He explains the best way to do this in the following seven points.in den folgenden sieben Punkten.
1. set up multiple workstations
First of all, it makes sense to set up not just one workstation at home, but two variants right from the start: One for sitting, the other for working while standing. Both areas should be connected in such a way that it is possible to switch effortlessly at any time.
2. exercise is good against posture damage
It’s also a good idea to rest for a moment every 30 to 60 minutes or so. These breaks are important to get some exercise. At the same time, open the window to let fresh air into the home office. This benefits not only posture, but also thinking performance.
3. observe the 3 minute rule
If you’re looking for more than just a little exercise, you can incorporate small work-outs into your breaks at work: Just three minutes a day is all it takes. This way, you can strengthen your body and recharge your batteries for the rest of the day’s work.
4. continuity wards off posture damage
However, most changes do not succeed overnight. It takes a little time to integrate them firmly into everyday life and let them become rituals. Stick it out for 66 days. Continuity pays off, because by then things have become routine and suddenly come easily.
5. strengthen the muscles in between
During a long day at the home office, the need to stretch grows. However, it would be even better to do a few exercises to strengthen the muscles. This will ensure more stability in all areas of the body in the long term and at the same time provide more mobility.
6. exercises against tense neck muscles
Even in the home office, an exercise to loosen the muscles should not be missing.… weiterlesen
C&C-Autor aus Baden-Baden
Alexander Srokovskyi, Geschäftsführer der ProVita Physiotherapie in Baden-Baden, bietet seinen Patienten als Experte eine ganzheitliche und wissenschaftliche Diagnostik und darüber hinaus eine Behandlung in einem familiären Umfeld.