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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Safety in Ergonomic Chairs - A Safer Way to Transfer For Big and Tall People

Most people never think about safety, when sitting in an ergonomic chair. However, safety is an important area to consider, because of the risks inherent in movement. If you're moving incorrectly, this may cause an injury to your skeletal joints, or the ergonomic chair itself may not be safe for movement. The most important safety issue to remember, when sitting in an ergonomic chair; is the chair is never secure on the floor. The chair is fitted with casters, which means th

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

What Is Ergonomic Balance?

Ergonomic is term we use to create a productive, safe and efficient environment for the workplace, which for my readers is not exclusively the employment environment; it is also the home environment. Ergonomic balance is the sitting or standing position we use for safe, purposeful and productive activity in an ergonomic environment. Ergonomic balance is developed through our early childhood development through play and will not change throughout your entire life, unless we

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

How To Create An Ergonomic Chair

You are thinking of getting an ergonomic chair. Well done! Your decision to think ergonomic means you care about your skeletal joints so that you suffer less discomforts in daily life. My knowledge as a trained Occupational Therapist, along with our mission to protect your joints, preserve your energy and promote your safety will assure you that we genuinely want you make the right decisions in ergonomics for daily life. What is an ergonomic chair? The word ergo is Latin for

Primary topic: Applied Kinesiology

Applied Kinesiology

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

10 Ways to Stay Active in Prolonged Sitting

Ergonomic sitting is not a stationary sitting posture. It is designed to be a position of activity, where our body is active in productive performance. Our body needs continuous movement for balancing our spine on the pelvis, plus moving our upper and lower limbs in functionally active movements. Attention is being drawn to the fact that we are doing to much sitting and not enough time spent on staying active. It translates into consuming more than we are burning off in ener

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

1,396 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

10 Ways to Stay Active in Prolonged Sitting

Ergonomic sitting is not a stationary sitting posture. It is designed to be a position of activity, where our body is active in productive performance. Our body needs continuous movement for balancing our spine on the pelvis, plus moving our upper and lower limbs in functionally active movements. Attention is being drawn to the fact that we are doing to much sitting and not enough time spent on staying active. It translates into consuming more than we are burning off in ener

Primary topic: Fitness and Exercise

Fitness and Exercise

1,187 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Ergonomic Chairs - The Dangers Inherent in Transfers With Back Pain

Ergonomic Chairs are designed to maintain your comfort when performing work based activities throughout the day. It means that people who have back problems are more likely to choose this type of chair, for easing their back discomforts. As an Occupational Therapist, my expertise is safety and ergonomic chairs have a potential danger for transferring in and out of the chair. The ergonomic chair uses casters for moving the chair around easily in their work environment, but t

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,667 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

7 Ways to Relieve Back Pain in Ergonomic Chairs Using a Towel

It is very easy to sit in a chair, but to sit in a chair for a long time with comfort is difficult. If you are sitting at a computer all day, then I would suggest try bringing a small or medium sized towel to your work area. You will be amazed at how much this piece of equipment will aid your comfort level throughout the day. The beauty about a towel is that it can be changed to whatever size that you need. If you then roll up the towel and place a few rubber bands around i

Primary topic: Arthritis Treatment

Arthritis Treatment

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Can Ergonomic Sitting Help My Back Pain?

Ergonomic sitting is a comfortable position to use, when you are sitting doing purposeful activity in an ergonomic chair. You actually don't need an ergonomic chair for sitting in comfort, but they are useful for providing the sitting support that you need when sitting on your pelvic bones in prolonged sitting. Ergonomic sitting will help your back remain relaxed, while you concentrate on performing the task at hand in a safe and comfortable position. I call this position er

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Riding a Bicycle is Cheaper Than Visiting a Chiropractor

Yes, it is true that if you ride a bicycle regularly, you will not have to visit a chiropractor for erasing your sciatic pain. I can vouch for this, because I have suffered postural scoliosis in my spine since I was a teenager, caused from one leg being longer than the other by 3 cms, or one inch. This is common ailment in tall women and when I was a teenager after a gym accident at school. I was only warned not to lift anything heavy. However, once I started working as an O

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Back Pain - Why Not Think Ergonomic Solutions?

Back pain is one of the main reasons why people take time off work and why? It is because we spend too much time in sedentary, sloppy positions, doing very little movement and letting our muscles become lax and under-used. We have become a society that drives around in cars - to the shops, to the gym, to work. We use elevators to go upstairs, hire dog-walkers to exercise our dogs, and then take blood pressure tablets, because our hearts are not energetic enough to pump suffi

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

What Causes the Pain in Your Back?

Overall the pains in your back originate from a serious lack of movement in your skeletal joints, that are used for performing your daily living activities. This is probably not the answer you want to hear; because you believe that you're doing all the right movements, when getting around each day. Believe me I truly understand this feeling. But stop and think about the way you move about right now. Compare it to when you were younger and fitter. Do you think there is a dif

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

What Causes the Pain in Your Back?

Overall the pains in your back originate from a serious lack of movement in your skeletal joints, that are used for performing your daily living activities. This is probably not the answer you want to hear; because you believe that you're doing all the right movements, when getting around each day. Believe me I truly understand this feeling. But stop and think about the way you move about right now. Compare it to when you were younger and fitter. Do you think there is a dif

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,075 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Hiring a House-Cleaner Means You're Paying Someone to Do Your Daily Ergonomic Activity

Why pay someone else to do your housework? When in fact it is a method for you to practice Yoga; or for completing purposeful exercises in a manner that is useful to your body and provides you with a clean home! Your excuse may like mine use to be - I don't have the time for the cleaning! Or just thinking of getting down on you hands and knees to scrub the bathtub is not all that appealing! There are many things in life that we all hate doing, but they have to be done. You

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Five Ways to Make Ergonomic Sitting More Comfortable

Ergonomic sitting is a position to sit for performing work-based activities through the day. It is not a position of inactive rest. Our body needs to be aware of active movement, for creating comfort in our sitting posture and to stimulate balance in the spine that activates balance for remaining in an upright position. Here are five ways that can help make ergonomic sitting more comfortable: 1. We can start by learning to sit on our pelvic bones and wrapping our feet aroun

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Deep Breathing in Prolonged Sitting For Back Pain Relief

To most people breathing is just a small movement in the lungs, for the purpose of gaining oxygen into the lungs that we need in order to live. Yet when using ergonomic sitting in an ergonomic chair, it makes sense to use long deep breaths at times. This will change the position of your sitting posture, allowing an increase capacity of oxygen to fill your lungs. Learning diaphragmatic breathing will enable your lungs to gain more oxygen plus provide movement in your pelvic r

Primary topic: Pain Management

Pain Management

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Why is Prolonged Sitting BAD For Your Health?

If you watched CTV last night in Canada, you will see that the government is warning workers that prolonged sitting is now no longer good for your overall health. It is an area that I have been discussing in relation to your skeletal health, but now the government is warning workers in places such as call centers and workers on computers, that many medical conditions are negatively related to the inactivity caused by prolonged sitting. The reason for this claim is quite simp

Primary topic: Pain Management

Pain Management

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Obesity is About Changing Your Lifestyle and Not About Trying to Lose Weight

If you are constantly obsessed with food, by depriving yourself of what you enjoy; then the changes are that you will actually never win the battle of trying to lose weight. Every time I said to myself "Right I am going on a Diet! I would suddenly have this strong desire to have something deliciously fattening and I would crave over this, until gave in to my cravings and failed miserably to go on a diet. It is no good depriving yourself of what you enjoy, as this will only m

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Sitting on a Ball Means Your Back Never Remains Still

Have you ever tried sitting on a balance ball? It is not recommended if you are concentrating on another task; because you will likely to fall off. A ball has no secure position for your pelvic bones, because of the natural curve in the ball. You will likely put pressure on one side or the other; or remain very still in the middle, with the odd wobble to keep you steady. Your balance receptors are situated down your spinal column, so that if you move to one side the receptor

Primary topic: Pain Management

Pain Management

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

The Second Sins of Obesity

This article is the second in a series, where I am trying to explain the reasons for the transformation of our size and shape into obesity. In the western culture, we have a market explosion of advertising in every direction that confuses life with 'need' and 'wants'. There are too many choices for deciding what is right and wrong in life. In the first sin of obesity, my feelings our over-dependency on the vehicle, meaning the car, creates the worst damage. Using my own expe

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

1,278 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

The Second Sins of Obesity

This article is the second in a series, where I am trying to explain the reasons for the transformation of our size and shape into obesity. In the western culture, we have a market explosion of advertising in every direction that confuses life with 'need' and 'wants'. There are too many choices for deciding what is right and wrong in life. In the first sin of obesity, my feelings our over-dependency on the vehicle, meaning the car, creates the worst damage. Using my own expe

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

1,244 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

The First of Seven Sins in Obesity

This article is not directed to any woeful sins that you are currently enjoying that are causing your obesity. The sins are what is society is creating, that makes it difficult for you to lose weight. I feel that you need to understand what these sins are, in the hope that you can learn to make changes in your lifestyle that will better your overall health status. I describe obesity as a condition, because it is a state that has developed, not out of your choice; but as a n

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Waking Up in the Morning With Back Pain - What Will Make it Go Away?

The main causes of back pain are lack of movement in your spine. As a writer about back pain, because I have suffered back pain myself with postural scoliosis in my spine; I will admit that it happens to us all, if we don't practice what we preach! None of us are perfect and I am no exception! Last night I went out to watch a movie that was being held in a local outdoor park in Vancouver. I sat on the grass with my legs crossed legged watching the movie on a big screen. Than

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

The Dangers in Daily Living: Picking Up a Feather

Whether you are picking up a feather or a sack of potatoes; the principles of bending over and reaching to the floor are the same. Always remember that your spine is not designed to bend into a 90 degree angle. There is no flexibility in the spine. It is your legs that need the movement and not your spine. When you see something that needs to be picked up from the floor; your immediate reaction should be to bend your knees. If you bend your knees just a little - meaning more

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

The Dangers to Your Spine in Daily Living - Brushing Your Teeth

What! A simple task as brushing your teeth? How can this be so dangerous? I have done it this way for years and it's never been a problem! The fact that you have repeated the same motion for years may be the reason why your back is now giving you problems. It may be that you are so accustomed to repeating a bad habit, that your body is now showing symptoms of degeneration from the build up of stress. Leaning over the sink and curving your spine means that you are putting to

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Dangers in Daily Living: Vacuuming the Carpet

The previous article wrote about the dangers to our spines, when mopping the kitchen floor. It may seem similar movements could be used to vacuum the carpets. However vacuuming requires greater strength, when pushing a mechanical piece of equipment compared to a mop. This is because the mop is much lighter and less cumbersome to handle, but also the action of pushing the appliance across carpet takes greater muscle strength, due to the resistance of the carpet. Where does t

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

The Dangers in Daily Living: Washing the Kitchen Floor

Housework is one of the main ways that many people injure their backs, by simply not using the correct muscles or joints in the movements required for accomplishing the task. The main option for cleaning the floor is to use a kitchen mop. If your kitchen is large, then you are more likely to use some variation of a mop. But if you are like me, with a very small kitchen, I just get down on my hands and knees and use a cloth; or if I am lazy, I will push the cloth around with

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Why Can't I Find Comfort in Sitting?

Sitting is the most common action performed by our body. We do more sitting than we do walking. Yet why do we complain so much about the way we sit? The answer lies in the fact that we have never understood how to sit correctly for comfort. In my youth I was always told to 'sit up,' or my spine will turn crooked. Yet nobody actually explained to me how I was supposed to sit, in order to sustain an upright position. The good news is that there IS a correct method of sitting

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

What Causes the Pain in Your Back?

Overall the pains in your back originate from a serious lack of movement in your skeletal joints, that are used for performing your daily living activities. This is probably not the answer you want to hear; because you believe that you're doing all the right movements, when getting around each day. Believe me I truly understand this feeling. But stop and think about the way you move about right now. Compare it to when you were younger and fitter. Do you think there is a dif

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

1,056 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

What Causes the Pain in Your Back?

Overall the pains in your back originate from a serious lack of movement in your skeletal joints, that are used for performing your daily living activities. This is probably not the answer you want to hear; because you believe that you're doing all the right movements, when getting around each day. Believe me I truly understand this feeling. But stop and think about the way you move about right now. Compare it to when you were younger and fitter. Do you think there is a dif

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Getting Up and Out of a Chair Is a Therapeutic Exercise

It may seem like a good idea, to have a chair where the seat automatically lifts you out; without having the struggle of doing it for yourself. However, I need to be cautious of buying gadgets to help yourself in daily living, because if you are finding this activity difficult to manage; then you will also be having the same conce s when getting on & off the toilet, getting in & out of the shower / bathtub and getting in & out of bed. If this is the case then you need to se

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Getting Up and Out of a Chair Is a Therapeutic Exercise

It may seem like a good idea, to have a chair where the seat automatically lifts you out; without having the struggle of doing it for yourself. However, I need to be cautious of buying gadgets to help yourself in daily living, because if you are finding this activity difficult to manage; then you will also be having the same conce s when getting on & off the toilet, getting in & out of the shower / bathtub and getting in & out of bed. If this is the case then you need to se

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Heal Your Back Pain Without Costing a Dime

Back pain is one of the main causes for visits to your family doctor and why? People believe that because their spine is made up of separate vertebral joints, the spinal joints are designed to flex or bend. Our back or spine is probably the most delicate part of our anatomy and we need to protect it; because inside this column of bone hides the spinal column, which transports all the nerves of our entire nervous system throughout the body. One of the first goals that you mu

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Why Do Heavier People Get More Back Pain?

Back pain is very common in our western society, because we don't do sufficient exercise to enable our skeletal joints to move adequately, without becoming stiff and sore on movement. We drive around in cars too much and do mostly sedentary activities at work that does not provide our body with sufficient physical movement, for generating a comfortable lifestyle in our daily life. Back pain is more common in heavier individuals, because they are carrying more weight than is

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

What Is Productive Activity?

When we think of activity usually as a sporting activity, where people participate in more physically energetic sports as fun and to test our competitive ability; such as in playing tennis, ice and field hockey and football. However, the term 'activity' can also mean anything that uses physical movement of our limbs to create muscular action, plus using coordination and strength to move our muscles and skeletal joints around with an element of skill. This can be for are oth

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Why Does Prolonged Sitting Cause So Much Back Pain?

As this question stands, the position of sitting should not cause back pain; providing you do not sit in the same position for very long time, or you will begin to feel discomfort either your back or in your buttocks. This is because your body is designed for movement, so if you do not move after a few minutes; then you will start to feeling uncomfortable in some parts of your body. It does not mean that you have to keep getting up and sitting down. All your body is asking

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Erase Chronic Pain Permanently With Comfortable, Safe and Active Daily Living Movements

How does anyone find comfort when they are always hurting? Does everyone have their own solutions for getting rid of pain? I use to take my mind off my pain by sinking into my favorite armchair and just sitting and reading a book, watching a film on TV; or eating something wildly decadent, like a bowl of vanilla ice-cream with loads of nuts and chocolate chips folded into it! In other words, I am seeking internal comfort in the way that I want to feel. Seeking comfort is ho

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

What Is Ergonomic Balance?

Ergonomic is term we use to create a productive, safe and efficient environment for the workplace, which for my readers is not exclusively the employment environment; it is also the home environment. Ergonomic balance is the sitting or standing position we use for safe, purposeful and productive activity in an ergonomic environment. Ergonomic balance is developed through our early childhood development through play and will not change throughout your entire life, unless we

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

A Chair Is Not Just for Sitting!

So what's that supposed to mean, if a chair is not just for sitting? It means that a chair has more than just one role. Sitting obviously is the first role, but the second role is movement. It is important while you are sitting that your body continues to move actively, or your body will being to suffer from the effects of not moving. Sitting is not designed to be a static position, where you just sit position and remain like a statue until you are ready to move again. You

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

When Is A Chair Not a Chair?

Now that is an interesting question you may think and I think your answer may be uncertain. There is actually no catch to this question, the answer is simply that a chair would not be a chair if it does not have a back and a seat. I was also going to add four legs, but then I would not be able to include the ergonomic chairs, as they have five legs that make the chair safer to roll, as an ergonomic chair. We know that a chair is designed for sitting, as that goes without s

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

The Dangers of Wearing High-Heeled Stiletto Shoes

How can anyone manage to walk comfort when walking in high-heeled stiletto shoes? It seems that there are guidelines on the internet that show you how to balance in these incredibly high-heeled shoes, or stilettos as they are called in the fashion world. Sadly I must inform you about the dangers that you are causing to your skeletal gait by just walking in these so called shoes. High-heeled or stiletto shoes are not shoes at all, because they are crippling your feet and do

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

What Is Ergonomic Movement?

The term 'ergonomic' is a label that applies to the study of the workplace environment for efficiency, safety and productivity. People who study this area usually have a professional background in ergonomics and apply their own understanding to the employment environment through their knowledge in ergonomics. However, the working environment is not exclusively the employment domain; because many people now use their employment skills in the home environment, since the adven

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

3 Safety Issues With Ergonomic Chairs

Safety can only be dangerous with an ergonomic chair; if you perceive the chair as safe, when in fact it is NOT safe. Therefore you must learn to notice the safety issues around an ergonomic chair, because they are not always the same as a standard chair. It does not matter which ergonomic chair that you are using, or about to purchase; as the safety issues are the same on them all. It is up to YOU to see the dangers that may cause you to fall and hurt yourself. The first

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Three Therapeutic Movements for Providing Comfort in Ergonomic Chairs

Back Therapy provides massage to the spine within each individual vertebra and will be a positive way to start your day, while you are sitting performing your productive activity such as typing on the computer. To do this effectively, you first need to sit on your pelvic bones, as this will position your spine in an erect and relaxed position. Move your spine around until you can feel both pelvic bones beneath the seat of the chair. Now that you are sitting on your pelvic b

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

A More Serious Way To Damage Your Back Than Prolonged Sitting

Prolonged sitting is only a problem when you remain still in one position without moving your spine along with the rest of your body. Moving your spine has a knock-on effect to all your skeletal joints and thus keeps your whole body in movement. A far more serious way of causing injury to your spine is by getting up from an ergonomic chair, without without any locking brakes attached to the the casters that stops them from moving. If you do not have them, you are more than l

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Why Is Drinking Soda So Bad for Our Bodies?

Most people think that drinking soda is harmless flavored water with a few bubbles that all the family will drink and quenches their thirst; making it an easy palatable method for drinking water. Think Again! Soda happens to be the worst consumable drink on the market for your bodies in terms of nutritious health. You may think the soda pop quenches your thirst, but in fact it runs directly to your bladder and is disposed of immediately. Why? The drink is pumped with carbon

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 16, 20111 topic

Embrace Yoga Principles When Using Ergonomic Sitting

Yoga principles encourage relaxation in the muscles of your body, along with deep breathing that calms the mind for optimum concentration towards the task at hand when sitting. Sitting on your pelvic bones in an ergonomic chair, with your stocking feet wrapped around the chair base, is like sitting on the floor with your legs crossed. Your body weight will naturally relax onto your pelvic bones and runs up through the length of your spine to your head. Close your eyes for a

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 13, 20111 topic

When to Drink Water, When Losing Weight

According to a study that was published on August 23rd 2010 in Canada, it was found in two groups of baby boomers who ate exactly the same foods in a one month period; that those who drank 2 glasses of water before eating a meal, lost significantly more weight than the group who did not drink water before eating a meal. This is important in weight loss for the baby boom population, because they are less physically active than the younger generation and therefore find it diff

Primary topic: Dieting and Weight Loss

Dieting and Weight Loss

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By Gail McGonigalSep 12, 20111 topic

Why Is Drinking Soda So Bad for Our Bodies?

Most people think that drinking soda is harmless flavored water with a few bubbles that all the family will drink and quenches their thirst; making it an easy palatable method for drinking water. Think Again! Soda happens to be the worst consumable drink on the market for your bodies in terms of nutritious health. You may think the soda pop quenches your thirst, but in fact it runs directly to your bladder and is disposed of immediately. Why? The drink is pumped with carbon

Primary topic: Fat Loss

1,181 views

By Gail McGonigalSep 11, 20111 topic

A Correct Way to Sit that Provides Therapeutic Comfort to Your Spine

Your back or spinal column is the most important part of your skeletal body. Without your spinal column, functional mobility would be impaired and your comfort level in ergonomic sitting would greatly jeopardize your internal organs. The main purpose of the spinal column is to maintain the erect posture of the human skeleton, for enabling functional mobility, such as standing, sitting and walking and to protect the internal organs from damage. We have unique body for adapti

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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By Gail McGonigalSep 11, 20111 topic

A Correct Way to Sit that Provides Therapeutic Comfort to Your Spine

Your back or spinal column is the most important part of your skeletal body. Without your spinal column, functional mobility would be impaired and your comfort level in ergonomic sitting would greatly jeopardize your internal organs. The main purpose of the spinal column is to maintain the erect posture of the human skeleton, for enabling functional mobility, such as standing, sitting and walking and to protect the internal organs from damage. We have unique body for adapti

Primary topic: Back and Neck Pain

Back and Neck Pain

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