For millions of Americans, their desk jobs require them to sit at a chair and stare at a computer screen for most of the day. On average, office workers spend over 1,700 hours in front of a computer screen each year. Indeed, that is a significant amount of time spent sitting in a chair. Office workers are prone to health issues, such as back, neck, and shoulder pain, as well as muscle stiffness, headaches, poor posture, and stress. If you aren’t already aware, chiropractic care offers a wide range of benefits, which can help office workers feel better. In turn, this leads to increased work productivity and focus, as well as less sick days. Keep reading to learn how this holistic care can help office workers.
Improve Your Posture
When you spend 40 hours a week at a desk, this sedentary lifestyle can take a toll on your posture. Indeed, the human musculoskeletal system is designed to move, rather than sit. Sitting at a desk for a prolonged period with little movement places excessive pressure on your spine and can damage the spine’s natural curvature. This poor posture can lead to other issues, such as nerve damage and spinal subluxations, which lead to pain and discomfort. Chiropractic care can improve your posture by properly aligning your spine. This will help you maintain a natural posture, so your nervous system functions properly. When your nervous system is working correctly, it can effectively communicate with your body, so your body can heal itself naturally.
Aside from improving your posture, chiropractic adjustments can help prevent future back injuries. Having better posture will also boost your confidence as you will naturally sit up straighter and taller, rather than be hunched over or slouched in your desk chair.
Reduce Back and Neck Pain
If you have a desk job, you are most likely familiar with the dreaded back and neck pain that comes with sitting in a chair for an extended time. Studies show that around 89 percent of office workers experience musculoskeletal pain. This is no surprise when you sit in the same position for 8 or more hours daily. Luckily, chiropractic care can safely and gently readjust any spinal misalignments that cause back and neck pain.
Since chiropractors provide a natural approach to pain relief, this means pain relief medications are not needed for chiropractic care to work. After all, these medications come with side effects and usually contain relaxants, which can make you less productive and focused at work. Furthermore, pain medications aim to mask pain symptoms, rather than identify and fix the root problem. Chiropractic care not only provides pain relief, but also addresses and fixes the spine misalignment issues that cause back and neck pain.
Reduce Headaches
Having a headache at work is not only uncomfortable, it’s also distracting. This can be caused by a variety of factors. If you are staring at a computer screen for hours, you may experience eye strain from the bright lights and blue tinted computer screens. This eye strain can lead to headaches. When work becomes stressful, this can lead to headaches as well. Though, headache relief is possible. By receiving a chiropractic adjustment that focuses on finding the source of your pain, you will be on the road to healthier living without headaches. Indeed, this will lead to better productivity and focus at work.
Improve Your Focus and Work Productivity
Like anything in life, it’s hard to focus when you are in pain. Your focus is on your body’s pain and how you can find pain relief. This is not ideal for a sustainable, healthy life nor for your job. Chiropractors can help you find a custom treatment plan to identify and remove your pain by getting to the root problem. Oftentimes, a spine misalignment is the problem, which affects your central nervous system and its ability to work properly. No matter the cause, the benefits of not being in pain will improve your focus and work productivity. After all, you do better work when you feel better.
We hope you enjoyed our latest article, which discussed how this whole-body approach can significantly improve your health and well-being. Contact West Michigan Chiropractic today to learn how we can help you feel better and work better through our principled chiropractic care. Drs. Ryan and Sarah Malarney would love to become your Portage chiropractor!