Baton Rouge Work from Home: A Painful Dream Come True? Chiropractic Can Help.

Santa doesn’t just work at his desk! He’s out in the world, in and out of a sleigh, arranging the assistance of others (elves and reindeer!) to do some of the hard, back-breaking work. However, he also works from his home/workshop which surely creates stress and pain for him like it does for the rest of us who recently realized the dream of working from home. However, we can learn from his example. He doesn’t just lounge at a desk. He gets help for challenging chores. He moves! Spine & Sports Rehab Center encourages all of our Baton Rouge work-from-home friends to do the same as well as get pain-decreasing chiropractic care for the back pain, neck pain, shoulder, and other pain(s) you may now experience.

THE DREAM: WORK FROM HOME, LEARN AT HOME

Working from home. It was the dream job for many of us…until the dream came true. There are some amazing stats on how work-from-home has changed so many of us. One study of 232 telecom employees documented that 39% had more pain in the low back, 48% in the upper back/neck, and 27% in their hands. Only 33% said they did not have any such musculoskeletal pain issues. (Women reported more issues than men.) 30% worked in a separate room at home, 32% worked in a dedicated area of a room with other members of the home, 38% worked in a non-separate area like the dining room. 41% did not sit in an office chair; 32% used an ergonomic chair. 71% were distracted by constant or occasional disruptions. 52% put in more work hours a day. Only 30% took frequent breaks. (1) Students experienced much the same as did workers when their learning and teaching was undertaken at home: low back pain for 73%, neck pain for 69%, shoulder pain for 59%. Contributing factors for students were pain, academic stresses, personal/emotional issues, work environment, and time with the computer. (2) For the work-from-home dream to come true with as little pain as possible demands some preparation. Your Baton Rouge chiropractor is eager to help you prepare.

WORKING FROM HOME: THE SET UP

Any new venture needs a plan. Starting without the plan backfires for many. 89% of new-to-working-at-home workers who participated in a survey stated some musculoskeletal pain. Upper back pain was said to be a result of nonergonomic work environments with non-favorable computer configurations while nonergonomic postures were associated with headache and low back pain. (3) A survey of university employees reported that 61% of them experienced more musculoskeletal pain working from home with neck, shoulder and low back pain being the most common. Women stated significantly more pain than men. Seat height and monitor distance were significant risk factors for discomfort and pain in work-from-home employees. (4)

HOPE FOR NEW WORK-FROM-HOME PAIN

There is hope! Regardless of the new work-from-home trend that caused more sedentary lifestyles, reduced physical activity, and greater musculoskeletal pain like back pain, researchers noted that exercise and less sitting around successfully cut low back pain and even ‘cured’ it for participants in their study. (5) Spine & Sports Rehab Center presents some simple, gentle exercises for our Baton Rouge chiropractic patients. Begin them after we do a thorough exam and you begin experiencing relief with our gentle chiropractic spinal manipulation care.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. John Murray on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes relieving chiropractic care for back and neck pain patients with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management on The Cox®8 Table.

Make your Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment soon. Be like Santa: move, delegate the heavy lifting, modify your workspace! Happy Holidays!

Baton Rouge  back, neck, shoulder pain from working at home as exhibited by Santa
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