How Manual Osteopathy practitioners can help with Office Worker Syndrome?
The problem, from what my perspective, is that the human body is not designed to sit for couple of hours continuously. I do believe that people are active mostly in some ways every week, but activity is not the solution to this problem (“How To Avoid The “Office Worker Syndrome” – Advice From An NYC Chiropractor”, 2018).
There are a lot of researches available in the internet, but very little of the information offered on this topic refers to musculoskeletal health, despite the fact that even with the ideal workstation set-up, sitting for extended periods can damage the health of our muscles, joints and nerves. Sitting in the same position for prolonged periods of time can lead to:
- Shortening of the muscles at the front of your hips and chest
- Overstretching and lengthening some muscles
- Joint stiffness
- Neck and back pain
- Shoulder stiffness or tiredness
- Headaches
- Pins and needles in hands and feet
Moreover, almost everyone that has worked in an office knows how important work ergonomics is. Almost everyone knows the pain that they get from working at the computer, for instance, headaches, sore low back, sore neck/shoulders, sore wrists, and sometimes pain/numbness that starts in your legs and goes all the way down to your feet. You start to wonder then “what do I have to do to make the pain stop?”
Manual Osteopaths treat muscle and joint pain anywhere in the body using a range of specialized hands-on techniques, including massage, joint manipulation, trigger-point therapy, stretching and exercises.
Gloria Saneian, DOMP