Your Computer and Your Back Pain

A good rule of thumb is for every hour you work on the computer spend 1 minute doing a back bend. The slightest back bend can open your chest and stretch out your shoulders.

It is important to start slow when starting out with a back bend. Start by just doing a minute of two and work your way up. And if it hurt too much stop what you are doing and try to bend over and touch your toes to give your hamstrings a nice stretch.

While you are sitting in your office chair you put your left arm over the back of your chair and put your right arm on the back of the chair and give your spine a good twist. Then change to the other side. While you are still sitting in your office chair touch your toes to relax the lower back. Slowly roll back up one vertebrae at a time.

Just a few minutes of stretching a day can greatly reduce the pain you feel in your back while working at the office.

It always amazes me how if I pay attention to how I am breathing I can reduce my computer back pain. When people are suffering in pain they tend to be shallow breathers. Start by taking a deep breath into your belly, than move you breath to your ribs, and finally to your shoulder.

Breathing in 3 parts not only gets your blood flowing, it moves the spine!