Broken Back: How to Help Your Posture at a Desk Job

 

Spending all day in a seated position can devastate your posture over time. People who work in offices often find their posture slowly deteriorating, and has been known to cause pain, sap your energy, and cut off your circulation. When you combine this with the hazards of remaining seated for a long time, your office job can be a hazard to your health. It takes a while to improve your sitting posture, but we’ve compiled some tips to help make the process a little easier.

 

Buy A Wrist Rest

A wrist rest helps you reduce the stress you put on your wrists when typing. The rests do this by helping you avoid awkward hand positions which can affect your back. Use your rests by keeping your hands and wrists above them when typing and take strain off of your arms, shoulders and forearms. This will greatly improve your posture while you type.

 

Rest Your Feet Correctly

A chair that makes it hard for you to comfortably rest your feet on the ground is a recipe for disaster when it comes to your posture. Adjust your chair so you can comfortably rest your feet flat on the ground when sitting. This aligns your back, and it prevents you from slouching. If your chair is too high for you to properly adjust it, get creative and use a small stool or a stack of books to rest your feet on.

 

Get A Good Chair

A chair from a high-quality furniture supplier like Alexander Brothers Ltd can easily help you fix your posture. Look for a chair that provides lumbar support, you can rest your feet on the ground comfortably, and your knees are level with your hips when seated. If you experience pain and posture problems, your chair should be one of the first places you look. Find an office furniture store in Honolulu HI or similar place where they can help you find something perfect for your stature.

 

Adjust Your Monitor

Adjusting your monitor helps you straighten out your posture by relieving stress on your neck and shoulders. Make sure your monitor is straight in front of you, and adjust it until it is slightly below eye level; this helps you keep your neck in a natural position while working, and does wonders for your posture.

 

Good posture isn’t something that comes naturally, but with a little work, you can adjust it enough to prevent the health risks that come along with staying seated for long stretches of time. Follow our simple tips, and you’ll notice your posture improve with almost no effort.

 

Categories: back, chair, desk, Neck, spine, Stress, Wellness

Banish Your Back Fat For Good With These Easy Tips

Back fat can be very unsightly. Some women just naturally carry a lot of extra fat on their back, and when they wear tightly cut tops or dresses, this fat has a tendency to bulge out of the sides. When women want to lose weight and improve their fitness, they are often determined to focus some of the toning effects on the back area.

 

The wellness and wellbeing of your back muscles is important not only for the way you look but for helping to improve your posture, relieving back pain and improving your overall core strength. There are specific exercises that you can do to get your back muscles into shape, and this should result in a lean and toned silhouette that looks fantastic in any strappy dress or top.

 

Firstly, try a plank-to-row maneuver. Start in a pushup position and hold a weight in each hand – you can choose the weight that suits your current fitness levels. Next, shift all of your weight onto your left arm and pick up your right arm to the level of your side, retaining your hold on the dumbbell. Make sure that you hold your abs tight the whole time, and keep your hips squared to the ground. Do 10 – 12 reps of these dumbbell lifts and do the same thing again on the other side. As your strength increases, you can use heavier weights.

 

You could also try an inverted modified row. Find a secure bar that you can hang from the underside of. Put your feet flat on the ground and bend your knees until they are in a 90 degree angle and then keep your back totally straight. Pull in your abs at the belly button and keep your core tight. Pull up with your arms until your chest is lifted up to the bar, hold for the count of two and then lower yourself back down. Do 10 – 12 reps and repeat three times.

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Does Your Sleeping Position Impact Your Wellbeing?

Here at Yourwellness, we recently reported on a study which showed that the way that you and your partner sleep says something about you as a couple. Relationship psychologist Corrine Sweet explained that sleeping habits can reveal stresses and strains in a relationship. ‘During sleep, you cannot fake your body language,’ she said. ‘This is the time when you are honest, vulnerable and your sleeping position can reveal a lot about your relationship.’ The survey revealed that over half of adults believe they could tell if their partner was cheating on them, just by their partner’s sleeping position.

However, another sleep wellness expert has now suggested another reason why you may want to think about your sleeping position of choice. According to Dr. Michael J. Breus, who appeared on US health show The Doctors, some sleeping positions may be better for your body than others, and so it’s your own wellbeing – rather than your emotional health or relationship wellness – that determines how you get your forty winks.

On The Doctors, Dr Breus revealed that grabbing some shut-eye when you’re in the wrong position could be causing unnecessary strain across your back and neck. Dr Breus explained, ‘Sleeping on your back is usually the best sleep position. It disperses your weight over your entire frame.’ He continued by saying that, if your weight is distributed evenly, you can ease this muscular pain and reduce the strain that you may otherwise put on your body.

So that’s the best position for your body, but what about the worst? Surely, sleeping on your stomach would be similar to sleeping on your back – it’s just the same, only upside down, right? In fact, Dr Breus warned that sleeping on your stomach is the worst position for your body. He says, ‘The biggest problem is that you have to turn your entire head almost 90 degrees and that causes tremendous strain across your neck.’

Dr Breus concluded that the best sleeping position can vary from person to person, and he recommends individual consultations to see what is best. However, if you’re thinking that, once you’re out for the count, there’s little you can do about your sleeping habits, don’t worry; there are other things that affect your body at night which you can control. Dr Breus noted that an older mattress that sags or an over-stuffed pillow can cause even further problems, so make sure you get a good night’s sleep by ensuring your bed is worthy of one.

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