Posture Perfect Chair

Most businesses are willing to invest in ergonomic chairs to ensure that everyone working there would be comfortable, healthy and productive. But what most people don’t realize is that just because a chair is ergonomic doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the chair you should be using if you have back pain. Ergonomic chairs are designed mainly for back support. But the most common cause of back pain in working adults today isn’t the lack of back support; it’s improper posture. When good posture is maintained, the core muscles strengthen which helps reduce the incidence of back pain. When you have bad posture, your core muscles weaken and your center of balance shifts. This puts unnecessary strain on muscles that were not designed to support the weight of your head and torso. And to make matters worse is that the resulting pain often spreads to the shoulders, neck and head. So if you want to get an office chair for back pain, it’s not enough that it would provide back support. It ne...

Okay, so you have gifted yourself an office chair for back pain or perhaps the office you work for is equipped with office chairs for posture for every desk employee, so that covers your back pain right? No. You will still need to do something about it. You cannot fully rely on a piece of furniture to correct what has been molded years in the working. It is not enough to just sit down on your office posture chair and think the pain will go away and your posture will correct itself. That chair is there to support and guide you, just like a best friend for your back. You will need to do your own work to achieve a healthier you that will benefit you and your back. Aside from sitting properly, you will need to make sure you go through a consistent regimen of stretches and strengthening exercises that can help you fix your body alignment. You will need to also include in your daily routine the right kind of food to help you manage the pain and help you build the strength to keep the rig...

Productivity is the end goal of every day for a company. When you work, the goal is always to produce more with the limited resources. As an employee, it’s your responsibility to do your part in helping the company advance its goals in the most efficient way possible.  However, as an employee, there are things that affect your work that you have very little control of. You can’t control your work environment or your colleagues. Also, because of the sedentary lifestyle brought about by work, you have very little control of your health.  As employees, we don’t get to control when we’ll catch a flu or a cold. What’s worse is that we tend to be too busy to exercise to counter the bad effects of the sedentary lifestyle. As a result, a lot of us suffer from different kinds of body pain, most common of which is back pain.  Working With Back Pain It may be the disturbing pain you feel between your shoulders or down your spine—the pain can be wherever in y...