I have a high stress job and my back has been killing me. Can you give me some tips to keep my back from getting sore when I'm at work? I sit at a desk most of the day.
Work and work environments are often blamed for back pain. You read how-to articles on how to prevent back pain by either taking long breaks or changing your work environment. However, it's not been found anywhere that it is mostly work that causes back pain so treating it as an "at-work" issue may not do you any good. Many of the rules that may help reduce the risks of back pain are common sense rules, such as lifting with proper techniques (with your knees, not your back), but since you work in a sitting-down job, this may not even be your issue at work. It's been suggested by many people that by lowering your stress, changing your work environment to be more ergonomically correct, walking around regularly, and stretching, you will lower your risk of back pain. But those ideas aren't backed up by research. You spend a significant amount of your day at home, not to mention commuting. Your bed, your home environment, your commute, may all be contributing to your back pain.
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