Workspace ergonomics
Your workstation should be set up to cause the least amount of stress on your body. Prolonged hours of poor posture or repetitive work habits, often in a stressful environment can result in stiffness and pain. Applying the following points can help to minimise such injuries.
Important points to note:
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Healthy ageing
As quality of life improves and life spans increase, people are continuing to be physically active for longer. Middle to older aged people are continuing to exercise and play sports they were involved in when younger and some people are beginning new activities altogether.
BPPV – Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
BPPV is a very common cause of vertigo — the distinct sensation that you’re spinning or that the inside of your head is spinning.
Plantar fasciitis
Do you have seemingly unexplained pain or tightness at the bottom of your foot or heel that just doesn’t seem to be getting better? Chances are, you have plantar fasciitis – but what exactly does that mean?
Gluteal tendinopathy
Pain particularly around the side of your hip could be caused by a wide variety of different reasons, however a common finding is tendinopathy of the muscles surrounding the hip and bottom – your gluteal muscles. If you get pain when you sit cross-legged; walk/run/go up and down stairs; notice…
Ice vs heat after exercise
“To ice or to heat, that is the question.”
Although that’s not quite how the quote goes in Hamlet, this age-old question is a common point of contention – and for good reason too!
Low back pain in office workers
At some point in your life, you will most likely experience back pain. There are many different causes for back pain range, including traumatic accidents; sports-related injuries; degenerative changes; sub-optimal biomechanical patterns and so forth – the list goes on and on. Low-back pain (LBP) in particular has become a…