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Just as I’ve switched to a new standing desk work station, my efforts have been validated by another recent study illustrating the ill-effects of sitting. The findings suggest that prolonged seated desk work may reduce the load-bearing capacity of the lumbar spine which could make you more susceptible to back pain and injury. Researchers from [...]
Why do some workers with back pain miss more work than others? A new study shows it isn’t just the pain that matters; psychosocial factors affect a person’s likelihood to call in sick, too. Over 1,000 nurses in three hospitals completed questionnaires about these factors. Of the participants who reported lower back pain, 30% reported [...]
Those of us who spend long days working on computers (blogging about chiropractic studies, for example) tend to have an overdependent relationship with our office chairs. Sure, we know we should get up and walk around, and change our posture regularly to avoid strain and back pain, but it’s easy to let hours go by, [...]
Back pain will affect nearly 80% of Americans at some point in their lifetime, and as anyone who has dealt with back pain can tell you, it can be impossible to work effectively during a bad back pain episode. So it’s no real surprise to learn that this and other pain syndromes cost companies significantly [...]
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