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Ashburn and Herndon Chiropractic Care Uses Exercise to Relieve Neck and Related Pain in Office Workers

October 17, 2017

Office workers suffer with neck pain. Not too surprising. Today, so many Ashburn and Herndon workers fall into this category with the necessity of computers and reports and the daily need to document life. Ashburn and Herndon neck pain and related conditions like Ashburn and Herndon headache and arm pain are rampant. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn helps so many Ashburn and Herndon office workers with neck pain and can help you find relief of Ashburn and Herndon neck pain, too, with gentle, relieving Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic care, spinal manipulation, and exercise.

STATS ABOUT NECK PAIN

How prevalent is neck pain in office workers? 52.9% of office workers report neck pain in a new study. Only low back pain (55.1%) and back pain (53%) outranked neck pain complaints. (1) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn sees many Ashburn and Herndon office workers with neck pain and shoulder and arm pain...and helps ease that pain!

ERGONOMIC OFFICE SET UP FOR Ashburn and Herndon NECK PAIN RELIEF

Traditionally, recommendations to help office workers with neck pain involved ergonomic design of office surroundings. That goes only so far. Some variables that result in musculoskeletal pain like neck pain and back pain were sitting at a desk for a long period without a break, a computer mouse too far from the keyboard, a chair with only lumbar and arm support, head at a 45° angle, not exercising daily, and being stressed out at work. It’s a mix of an ergonomically set work area as well as a healthy lifestyle that incorporates exercise that will help prevent pain best. (1) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is all about a healthy, balanced lifestyle for Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic patients.

EXERCISE FOR Ashburn and Herndon NECK PAIN RELIEF

Exercise helps Ashburn and Herndon office workers stave off Ashburn and Herndon neck pain and headache. A simple 60 minutes per week of strength training a week reduced office workers’ headaches in number and intensity. It did not matter in the study how the hour is spread throughout the week. (2) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is confident our Ashburn and Herndon office workers with neck pain and headache can find an hour a week to help themselves! For those with cervical radiculopathy – pain that goes extending into the arm – stabilization exercises are likely helpful to ease pain and improve patients’ quality of life and posture. (3) For long term results, stretching exercises in addition to ergonomic modification for office workers is essential. (4) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn helps Ashburn and Herndon neck pain sufferers discover useful neck exercises that fit into their lifestyles to lower as well as fend off neck pain and its related pain like radiculopathy and headache.

CONTACT Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn FOR Ashburn and Herndon NECK PAIN RELIEF

Listen in to this PODCAST about neck and arm pain relief with Cox Technic, ergonomic adaptation, and exercise from the doctor and patient perspective as used at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn.

Then, schedule a Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic appointment with Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn for neck pain relief whether you are an officially named office worker or one who has to do office work as part of the regular day. Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic care via a personalized Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic treatment plan that includes exercise and other self-care is Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn’s forte!