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To prevent neck pain and headaches, move your monitor close enough to see without straining your head forward. |
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Don’t reach for your mouse. Keep it close to your body with your elbow bent at 90 degrees to prevent shoulder and wrist pain. |
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Move your keyboard close to your bellybutton to avoid bad posture and shoulder pain. |
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Make sure that your lower back is supported to ease low back pain. Try using a small pillow or rolled up towel. |
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Get up and move around at least once an hour to fight off fatigue, cholesterol, weight gain, and other health problems. |
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These five tips can have an immediate impact on how you feel everyday at work. They are perfect examples of our 3 F’s Method of identifying and eliminating work related pain and bad posture.
The 3 F's Method is an easy step-by-step way to feel, look, and perform at your best. We understand that it is unrealistic to expect you to have perfect posture and maintain correct ergonomics all the time. However, when the aches and pains that result from hours in front of the computer start to slow you down, you will have a way to get back on track.
This system makes it easy to take control of your body and your environment and stop The Pain Progression.
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What is my body telling me?
This may be the easiest of the 3 F's but it is also the most important. It's the beginning, the moment that you decide that you don't want to live in pain anymore. Just by recognizing then identifying what you are feeling everyday, you take the first step toward relief. |
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What is causing my pain?
Become a detective and root out the criminal elements that are causing you pain and ruining your posture. Learn how to spot pain inducing repetitive stresses at work and at home. You may be surprised by how many repetitive stresses you will find when you know what to look for. |
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How can I relieve pain & improve my posture?
Time to do something about pain and poor posture! Make the changes that will stay with you for the rest of your life. The habits that you form will have a significant impact on your body over time. Fix the problem now to avoid bigger problems later. However, to fix it for life you must exercise and strengthen the body to endure a career behind a desk and in front of a computer. |
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“The simple ways you can use these techniques in everyday life is what I found most helpful. And that it takes very little time per day."
- Elizabeth Page, The Office Effect Seminar Attendee |
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