In addition to ensuring that your chair and monitors are arranged well and so that they don’t contribute to any back or neck pain, consider the other things you do at work and how to adapt them. If you use a phone, place it on your non-dominant side. This way you can answer the phone, […]
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After you’ve adjusted your chair, you can do some helpful basic adjustments to your monitor. Some key pointers: 1) Make sure your monitor is in front of you, and not to the side. This helps you avoid constant twisting of your neck. If you use two monitors equally, place them close to one another and
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According to the HSE, back pain from awkward or tiring positions in offices affected 53,000 people last year, and that the second most common cause of workplace related back pain occurred in heavy desk users (so called keyboard related problems). This number is a decrease from previous years – and it is thought that a
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Sports injuries – don’t wait for them to get worse! Many of us enjoy playing sports in our spare time, be it training with the local football team, lifting weights at the gym or a great game of tennis on a Saturday morning. However, even with a thorough warm up before exercise, sometimes minor sports
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We look forward to summer all year, whether you spend it at home or away, in the office or on a beach, enjoy summer let it enhance your wellbeing. Take advantage of abundant, colourful summer fruits. High in antioxidants, visible in a mouth-watering palette of deep reds, luscious purples and midnight blues which protect
Two osteopaths have been appointed to serve among 12 others as part of the NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) Guideline development group. Steve Vogel and Dr Ian Berstein will be working with the group to develop guidelines for low back pain and sciatica which will go out for consultation in 2015. Low
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Spring has sprung and now is the time we get a second wave of people joining gyms, starting to run, and learning to ride a bike in traffic! The first time coincides with post-New Year determination and resolutions. This time coincides with nicer weather and a desire to end up on the beach looking good.
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Osteopathy is a natural fit for sport – and our osteopath Iona Bramati Castellarin is at the forefront of the osteopathic profession’s participation in the Brazil 2016 Olympics – and beyond. The Osteopathic International Alliance has written about the role of osteopathy in sport such as the Olympics and we encourage you to learn more
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Everyone in London with back pain seems to ask about memory foam mattresses or toppers. A mattress made of memory foam is supposed to be a dream, and a topper is supposed to revitalise your mattress for a good night’s sleep and get rid of back pain that is caused by a poor or
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Iona Bramati Castellarin (IBCcare),Valeria Ferreira DO and Jacson Nesi DO are active members of the Brazilian Osteopathic Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio-2016. The committee is working towards the inclusion of osteopaths in the Olympic Games RIO16. The idea is to try to replicate the same experience lived by the English Osteopathic Team during
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