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this is Bay radio I'm Jeremy Anthony now
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as an osteopath I'm getting a lot of
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phone calls from patients and I'm seeing
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patients in acute pain for one of the
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classic things which is causing their
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problems especially neck upper back and
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even low back pain is wrong position at
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the computer so we're all there we're
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looking on social media
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we're on Facebook we're looking at
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things how to help ourselves keep in
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touch with friends but you've got to
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think of the position you get into and
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we're all guilty of this so that what
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happens is is you get more and more
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engross and you're looking down and into
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the computer your neck slumping forwards
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your upper back not supported the
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computer maybe at a strange angle but
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make sure that the computer is directly
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in front of you and plug in an external
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keyboard so that it's more comfortable
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and you can get Bluetooth ones remember
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the computer equipment chops is still
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open but the most important thing is
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that big book that you've got laying
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around or even more than one book so
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that you're actually placing it so that
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the computer comes up so that the top of
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the screen is level with your eyes so
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that you're not looking down and in but
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you're looking directly at the screen so
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and plug in an external keyboard and
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very importantly because there's nothing
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worse than being closed up on that
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touchpad plug in an external mass and
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once again very simple thing or you can
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just use a piece of foam rubber yourself
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so that if you look this is contoured so
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it takes the strain off the shoulder now
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if you look at my shoulder right here
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as I'm sitting upright and now as I draw
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this underneath it actually takes the
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strain off the elbow takes the strain
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off the wrist and takes the strain off
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the shoulder and the neck
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so it's avoiding repetition strain
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injury so it provides a comfortable
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position providing support at the wrists
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so it really is important that that way
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you're supported you're not leaning
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forward 70 come back comfortably and
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that your posture is correct pressures
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off the shoulder pressure off the neck
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pressure off the upper back and the
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lower back and importantly the arm and
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you're not gonna be giving yourself eye
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strain from looking down and into the
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computer so remember upon the books that
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will bring the top of the screen up and
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level with your line of sight and making
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sure that the chair that you're sitting
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now again computers for a moment and
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have a number of people ask about
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sleeping posture now it depends totally
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if you're the type of person that sleeps
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on their side or sleeps on their back
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but one of the simple things to do is to
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make sure that you have three pillows
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now pillow number one under the neck and
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head and best kind of pillow is a
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feather pillow and you can get
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hypoallergenic pillows to make sure that
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you're not going to be coughing and
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sneezing everywhere but one pillow under
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the head of necks forcing you one in
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between place if you're laying on the
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other side so that as you roll in the
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night your back is supported and you're
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not twisting the spine and another
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pillow in front of you so that what will
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happen is that if you do rolled you're
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supported so the secret is always three
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pillows and if you're the kind of person
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that lays on their back to go to sleep
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once again a pillow but the thin side in
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between your legs so that once again
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you're supported if you do roll
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prevention is better than cure
