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Simple Ergonomic Tips to Reduce Back Pain, Neck Pain & Headaches
If you work in an office and end up sitting for 6 or more hours a day, you’re probably familiar with tension and pain in your neck and shoulders.
Often times this will lead to headaches, especially if you work in front of a computer.
Lower back pain is also very common for office workers, due to the amount of compressive pressure on the joints and discs.
During this presentation, I lay out a simple 3-step process to adjust your workstation to help you reduce these types of pain.
And I also share 4 other simple tips to help you keep things like back pain, neck pain and headaches at bay. Enjoy!
“Knee Pain Workshop” (full video 5-14-20)
Couldn’t make it to the LIVE “Knee Pain Workshop” on 5-14-20 at the clinic…?
Not to worry! We recorded the whole thing!
Check out the full video recording in the video below.
Good Pain vs Bad Pain (How do you know?)
It’s not very common in my opinion, and in general pain should be something you want to avoid.
After all, pain is your body’s way of saying “stop it, something is wrong here!”
You may even recall an earlier blog post of mine where I discussed how the “No pain, no gain” mentality was getting so many people into trouble…
So again, in general, pain is something you want to avoid in life. And if you’ve been struggling with pain for an extended period, you definitely want to figure out the root cause of your pain so that you can eliminate it.
But like I said, once in a while, pain is actually a good thing.
The tricky part is this: trying to figure out the difference between “good pain” and “bad pain”.
There are 3 key points that will help you differentiate good pain from bad pain, which I’m going to discuss in today’s video.
“Do I Need an MRI?”
This is one of the most common questions the therapists and I get at clinic on a weekly basis, second only to “What’s going on, and can you fix it?” And while the answer varies depending on the situation, I’m going to do my best to answer the MRI question for you today.
Here’s the simple answer: No, you don’t necessarily need an MRI.
Now let me explain: Let’s say you’ve been having shoulder pain for several months, and you suspect that you have a rotator cuff (RC) tear. It might make sense to get an MRI to see if you do in fact have a tear, especially if you think you might need surgery.
But before you opt for the MRI, stop and consider a few things…
Achieve Your Goals Organically
Have you tried you reach your goals with conventional advice?
It always sounds really good when you read about it, and usually goes something like this:
Select 2-3 goals that would have the biggest impact on your life (or business, etc.)
Make these goals as specific as possible
Identify the key activities that will help you achieve your goals
Set a timeline for achieving the goals
Work backwards from there to set milestones and key actions
Make sure to hold yourself accountable!
When you achieve your goals, celebrate!
Again, the advice sounds really solid and reasonable, and for some people it works.
The problem is this: for most people it just doesn’t work!
I’m not really sure why this is the case, although I’ll offer my thoughts on it in the video.
So, if you’ve tried to follow conventional wisdom with your goal setting and goal attainment efforts, and you’ve been left feeling frustrated, I’d like to offer a different approach today.
I consider this approach to be more natural, or “organic” if you will, and I think it can work very well for many people.
But you’ll have to be the judge and let me know!
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