Pain of working from home!

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Nowadays, we are spending more and more time in front of our computers.

Especially in the pandemic, we are forced to work from home and our work is digitalized.

We have to use our computers for hours which results in shoulder and neck pain.

Sometimes, our screen is lower than the eye level, we move our head down and forward so our eyes are optimally positioned.

This causes a hunched posture which leads to tight muscles at the front of the neck and chest. It also reduces the naturally supportive curves in our necks and lower backs.

Tips to make your Work from Home comfortable!

• Position your laptop at eye-level.

You may invest in portable laptop risers. Alternatively, if you want an instant solution, stack a pile of books under your laptop until your eye level is approximately one third down from the top of the screen.

• Stand more.

Sitting down doing work can be fatiguing. The longer you sit, the harder it is to hold good posture. Each day, try to spend at least an hour or two on your feet that you would other spend in a chair. One popular option is to use a standing desk. Alternatively, there are inexpensive desktop converters that enable you to keep your desk and temporarily convert it to a standup desk.

• Limit your phone screen use.

We tend to bend our heads forward even further when looking at our phones. Holding a head-forward posture to look down your device for prolonged periods can cause painful muscle strains in the short time and may contribute to disc or join injuries in the long term.

Use your laptop or desktop computer instead to email, use Whatsapp or telegram. You can install the Whatsapp and Telegram web into your laptops to help to limit your phone screen use.

• Walk around every half hour

To reduce the risk of developing back, neck, and/or shoulder pain from sitting. It can also help to get up and move around if you start to feel some achiness or tightness developing.

An easy way to do this is to set a silent alarm on your smartphone to go off every 30 minutes. It may not be possible to get up every time the alarm goes off, but it can be a good reminder that you’ve been sitting for quite a while, especially if you skip the alarm a few times in a row.

If you give one or more of these tips a try, you may experience a healthier and more productive day.

I hope these tips are beneficial for you to create a comfortable work environment at home. Please take some time off or frequent breaks from your work to relax as well.

Please take care of your health. All the Best and See you soon! Thank you for your time.

Best Regards, Coach Samuel