Best Practical Tips To Prevent Neck Pain When Working From Home
Since the Covid 19 restriction first began almost 12 months ago, working from home has been the norm for a lot of people and for many, it will continue to do so.
While there are some great aspects to it, there are also many challenges that it presents. Some people are fortunate to have a spare room to use as an office, and may have been supplied with a nice chair and monitor from their employers.
Others are not in the best same position and are working from a laptop on a kitchen table or a desk in their bedroom.
Throw in a few extra challenges such as the kids being off school, having to make the dinner, not having scheduled breaks, no friendly chats over a cup of coffee, and it can result in a full, busy and long day.
This can all result in a lot of stress on the body and at Midlands Physio & Back Pain Clinic we have had a lot of people come to us over the last 9 months with sometimes sharp, sometimes achy and often very uncomfortable neck pain.
And it’s often not just a pain in the neck itself,
It can be pain that runs into the shoulders, an ache between the shoulder blades, pain that runs down the arm, or a pain that leads to headaches …..
All of these can stem from problems in the neck area.
By themselves they can be very sore and uncomfortable, but, if your job requires you to sit in front of a laptop for large portions of the day, it can make it very difficult to focus on your work.
So, I have come with 3 practical tips that you can do to help prevent these problems from arising, allowing you to get your work done and still have energy and enthusiasm to be yourself afterwards.
