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Positive Posture

My blog is about all kinds of subjects relating to pain whlist using your pc. I'm passionate about preventing this type of pain particularly because...
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Stand-Up Desks

Positive Posture ― I’m often asked what are my views on Stand-Up Desks. On the whole I think they are fantastic because a Stand-Up Desk, as long as you can alter the height, gives you the option to stand or sit whilst working at your computer. One of most... (more)
 Positive Posture ― Posted 23 days ago
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Neck Exercise:3/4 Powerful pain prevention Exercises

Positive Posture ―     Neck pain is very common, especially amongst people sat in front of computers all day. So it’s an area I’m very interested in.   What we do makes us what we are. By this I mean that our everyday activity, or inactivity,... (more)
 Positive Posture ― Posted on Nov 28th, 2011
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Knee Exercise: 2 of 4 Powerful Pain Preventing Exercises

Positive Posture ― So this week it’s the turn of the knee.   One of the most common complaints of the knee is anterior knee pain syndrome. Anterior being the front of the knee, but in truth, the pain in question can be at the sides, back and even in the... (more)
 Positive Posture ― Posted on Nov 4th, 2011
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Hamstring Exercise: 1 of 4 Powerful Pain Prevention Exercises

Positive Posture ―     In the physiotherapy department or at the sports clinic there are some conditions that just keep on appearing. Importantly, they are the type of conditions that can be protected against…or to use my favorite word, prevented.... (more)
Tags: Exercises
 Positive Posture ― Posted on Oct 25th, 2011
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Specific exercise to prevent pain

Positive Posture ― When developing a stratgy to prevent pain exercise plays a huge part.  To decide which exercises are important we first look at the occupational strains that must be endured plus the typical injuries/pain sourses. In an ideal world each individual... (more)
 Positive Posture ― Posted on Jun 25th, 2011
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A-Z of back care….F

Positive Posture ― F is for flexability.    When I speak to people about their back pain they usually mention “I know I’ve got to keep my back straight when bending”, or “I mustn’t bend my back”. In some instances such as 1 Heavy... (more)
 Positive Posture ― Posted on Jun 2nd, 2011
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A-Z of back care. E

Positive Posture ― E is for everyone. That sounds so ordinary but I must take every opertunity to let you know just how ubiquitous back pain is. 80% of us will get it at some time in out lives (and I’ve had it already). Or if we don’t get an episode of back... (more)
 Positive Posture ― Posted on May 17th, 2011
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Sitting posture for the upper back and shoulders- Part 2/3

Positive Posture ― I hope you’ve all got the idea from my last post on how to find good sitting posture for the lower back? If not take a look at my last blog.   Part 2 – The upper back and shoulders Sit towards the front edge of your seat. Now find... (more)
 Positive Posture ― Posted on Feb 23rd, 2011
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How to find your own unique good sitting posture

Positive Posture ―   Everyone has their own unique, good sitting posture. It’s pain free, easy to maintain with a few reminders and can probably be improved!          Yes improved because as we sit for long periods we loose the full mobility in our spine and... (more)
 Positive Posture ― Posted on Feb 3rd, 2011
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Office Culture-Exercise

Positive Posture ― When introducing Positive Posture to new companies it gives the employee a chance to be in control as to whether or not they get pain whilst working at their computer. For years the office culture has been to accept the conditions you have at work... (more)
 Positive Posture ― Posted on Jan 26th, 2011
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A New Year

Positive Posture ― Yep – here we are 2011. Loads of stuff written already about new years resolutions and how we aim too high and break them. Never being able to fulfil them. There’s never usually just one item on the new years resolution list, there’s three... (more)
 Positive Posture ― Posted on Jan 19th, 2011
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Chronic neck pain

Positive Posture ― This can happen if you’ve had a bad neck injury such as a severe whiplash. However long term neck pain can start after a trivial injury so let’s look into this more. There is much more going on under the skin than just tissue damage. It’s... (more)
 Positive Posture ― Posted on Nov 23rd, 2010
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Why,why lower back pain?

Positive Posture ― Why, why, why did I let myself get lower back pain? You may well ask yourself that question, especially when two out of three episodes of lower back pain are probably preventable. Probably preventable? By this I mean that for one in every three... (more)
 Positive Posture ― Posted on Nov 9th, 2010
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Treat thy self

Positive Posture ― When we get back pain, neck pain and shoulder pain the absolute best way to stop that pain is to nip it in the bud. If you wait to see what happens the pain may well resolve itself in a couple of weeks but if you keep on doing the same old thing that... (more)
 Positive Posture ― Posted on Oct 29th, 2010
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What people don’t do when they adjust their work chair.

Positive Posture ― For some reason, folks do tend to sit on a seat that is too low. They slouch and rest their elbows on the desk. This means there’s shoulder, back and neck strain. They may feel comfortable for a while but the raised pressure when in this... (more)
 Positive Posture ― Posted on Oct 20th, 2010