Let’s face it, keeping good posture in front of a computer screen is quite difficult and requires a high degree of body awareness. Every day Sarah, Joanne and myself see people who are suffering from neck pain as a result of a long work day in front of a screen.
If you don’t do something about your posture though, you’ll suffer the consequences not too far down the track. To start with you’ll get niggling aches around the bottom of your neck. That ache might go down your back to your shoulder blade or up your neck and start to give you a headache. Ignore it for long enough and you’ll start to get pain down your arm or your fingers start to go numb. That’s not to mention the constant headaches that you get. Taking pain relievers does just that- relieves the pain but doesn’t get rid of the problem. It always surprises me that people think it’s Ok to get headaches a couple of times a week. It’s not Ok really. A headache once or twice a year is more like what a healthy person might have to put up with.
There’s a simple neck tension release that I like to teach people called “40 seconds a day to release neck tension”. It’s not enough on it’s own but if you’ve had treatment and want to maintain your pain free status then it works quite well. Enjoy your work week.