The disparity between sitting in fixed positions Monday to Friday, not moving much then going for it on the weekend can be a little more than the body can cope with. It's no surprise that Monday's are our busiest days for clients ringing up with neck pain caused from "sleeping in a bad position". Get our take on this in the [Monday Injuries] article.
Our advice for overcoming these annoying little niggles are:
- Keep moving - little and often, even if it is just some shoulder rolls on the way to the coffee machine
- Learn to sit correctly on your pelvis - our desk checks don't always teach us to use our bodies correctly
- Posture, posture, posture (sad but true)
- Stress hormones play a large part in upper body tension - even some mild exercise can help
- Food is the building blocks of our tissue - we can tell those who have a high sugar diet by the quality of their tissue
We can't stop having desk-bound jobs and sometimes it's hard to overcome the corporate culture in the UK to lash employees to their desks all day, make it a habit to stand a little at your desk everyday and move and stretch a little. If you need a mentor, watch a cat, they'll give you all the clues you need.
