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Articles: back pain
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Back Care in the Workplace
by Ian Fletcher Price
The most common form of spinal injury and back pain can be attributed to sedentary lifestyles, and is manifested by the same back injury from which I had suffered. Hunched, with shoulders leaning forward, in a car, over a desk, at your computer, or in front of the TV – all of these postures increase the risk of injury and back pain over time.
Back Pain: Causes and Treatments Reviewed
by Steve Hefferon
This article starts by explaining that back care treatment is a complicated process and that the most successful patients are those who continually search for and try new therapies to resolve the problem. Hefferon then continues by outlining the various methods for treating back pain, and their pros and cons.
Good Piano Technique: The Key to Healthy Computer Keyboarding
by Prof Linda Holzer
The author looks at the parallels between playing the piano and using a computer by looking at the posture that we adopt during each activity. She tells us that we can take the principles given to pianists and use them to protect ourselves from conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome and RSI when using a computer.
How Sleep Surfaces Affect Our Backs
by Bill Ancell
There are approximately three million beds and mattresses sold in the UK and almost a third of them are purchased in order to provide relief from back pain. However, many of these purchases result in disappointment.
Low Back Pain: A Naturopathic Approach
by Wendy Gist
This article focuses on the naturopathic approach to healing, in particular lower back pain, and the common causes of this condition, which in most cases is the result of muscle strain, poor posture, weakened bone or cartilage, a slipped disc, pinched nerve or stress and emotional upset.
Power Assisted Micro-Manipulation
by Irene Phillips
Power Assisted Micro-Manipulation by Irene Phillips the first osteopath to be using Power-Assisted Micro-Manipulation. The treatment is carried out working on all levels of the spine, with the patient lying on his or her abdomen.
Prevention of Back Pain
by Richard Ablett
It is staggering to think that back pain will affect so many adults. Back pain in its various forms will affect 80% of people at some stage during their adult lives. This is the grim news given to us by the National Back Pain Society.
Self-Help for Back Pain
by Pete Moore
About 5 years ago, when I was 39 years old, a couple of discs in my lower back prolapsed. How did it happen? Or more correctly, how did I do it?
Self-Help for Optimal Back Care
by Neil Summers
You will not find a more superb piece of machinery than your body, but for the majority of us this amazing machine is not functioning to its optimal capacity. Far too often we are not even free of pain and one major 'grumbler' is the back.
The Vital Role of Seating in Back Care
by Alan Glaser
Do you suffer from the occasional ache in your neck or back? Should you expect these pains to arrive as part of your daily work? The answer to this last question is, of course, no. But why should it matter what we sit on and for how long? These are the questions we will explore as we look at the importance of seating.
VDUs and the Computer Posture
by Robi Persad BSc(Ost) MRO MACA Registered Osteopath
In the last century of the second millennium A.D. the requirements on the human body are changing. The long days of manual labour and muscular toil have all but gone, and as we spend an increasing number of hours sitting at desks this is having a profound effect upon our physical well being.
Work and Leisure without Backache
by Joel Carbonnel
Misuse is the primary cause of backache, and it doesn't go away as long as we don't earnestly tackle this problem of use. The first prerequisite to work and play without backache is to master the way we use ourselves.
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