Category: Ergonomics
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One of the common complaints I see in my office is that of hip pains, which come in two varieties
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Knee pains are becoming very common. Most of the orthopedic surgeons in professional football and hockey are specialists in the knee, leaving others to look after the rest of the bones in question.
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We don’t get injuries from “hunting and gathering” in the field, we get them from “hunting and pecking” at a keyboard.
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One of the much more frequent injuries I see in my office today is the NON-sports injury, caused by the complete LACK of movement. Otherwise known as STATIC TENSION, the condition can best be illustrated by trying to freeze like a statue, with two hand-weights held out to the horizon.
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So smoking is in decline. It seems the old generation of smokers have killed themselves off faster than new recruits can be found
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Dry eyes are more than a modest problem. They can be the cause of great stress.
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Joint inflammation, or “arthritis”, is very common with today’s active public. As opposed to a disease that travels through various joints in the body, osteo-arthritis is one condition that is physical in nature.
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Talk about your pain-in-the-ankle! One of the more common complaints I see in my sports medicine practice is the ankle sprain.
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Doctors have often recommended Yoga for their patients, to help with back pains, injuries to the limbs, or for routine post-operative care. However, that does not mean Yoga is automatically safe for all.
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The human body was built for “hunting and gathering”, not “hunt-and-peck” typing. Our DNA and our evolution is built on movement. However, we now have invented a work form that is virtually movement-free: the modern office.