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How to Care for Your Spine While Working From Home

Working from home has become common. While this move can save employers money and cut down on commute time for employees, it does come at a cost. If you don’t have the right setup, working at home can be bad for your back. Discover how you can get your work done while taking care of yourself with these four tips brought to you by Dynamic Disc Designs.

1. Start With the Right Setup

If you’ve just started working from home, it’s vital to have a desk and chair that support your spine. Having the right type of chair to assist with back pain is necessary, even if you don’t routinely suffer from it. If you are spending a lot of time sitting down, you want a chair that is comfortable while promoting good posture at the same time. Consider the type of work you do and how much time you need to spend seated.

Another thing to be mindful of is keeping your workspace and home decluttered and easily accessible. When your home and work life intermingle, it is crucial to keep items in their place to avoid dealing with piles building up. Aim for a peaceful and relaxed atmosphere, which Redfin points out reflects both your physical environment and household attitudes. By starting early on and establishing good habits, your home will feel like a place of relaxation rather than a stressful mess.

2. Visit Your Chiropractor Regularly

Getting regular adjustments from a chiropractor helps take care of your spine. Adjustments can decrease back and neck pain, two common ailments people experience when working in a fixed position for long periods of time. Visiting a chiropractor is treating the problem itself, rather than covering up the pain with medication or surgery that might not work. If you’re seeking a form of treatment for your lifestyle that is holistic and views the needs of you, the individual, this is the method you’ve been looking for.

3. Reduce Stress in Your Life

When people get stressed, Psychology Today explains they often carry this strain in their neck and back or other areas of the body. Cutting out stress in your life is important, but sometimes isn’t possible.

Try to lighten the load when it comes to managing how you physically react to stress. Research shows a clear link between techniques like getting a massage, practicing mindfulness, and otherwise working with the afflicted area to relieve the problem. Visiting a chiropractor can help you get rid of tension in your body and allow the stress to melt away, much like a quality massage.

4. Make Time for Stretching

Contemplate your workday and figure out how often you can make time to get up and stretch. Stretching workouts can be found in abundance on YouTube and range from five minutes to half an hour or longer. Making time to stretch ensures that your muscles aren’t suffering from being strained too long without relief while helping you to relax at the same time. You may have heard that man wasn’t created to be tied to a desk all day; although you can’t avoid your work, there’s no reason to stop moving around and stretching at every opportunity, especially when you have restricted movement by working from home.

Working from home is even more of a reason to take care of not just your back but your whole body. When you have the right setting to work in and treat problems directly with holistic interventions, you’re making lifestyle adjustments that will help you long-term. What’s more, discovering new ways to cut out stress and making time to move and stretch in between work allows you to perform at an optimum level and better understand your body’s needs. Follow these tips to avoid more serious issues as you get older.

Dynamic Disc Designs is a Canadian spine model company pioneered and developed by Jerome Fryer BSc DC. The attention to detail is unparalleled with many professional spine doctors and educators utilizing the models to help improve outcomes through higher patient education. Call 250-751-0897.

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