Ergonomics for back and neck pain is an effective way to take strain and stress off of spinal joints. What is ergonomics? Ergonomics was the term coined to describe moving and doing things in an efficient manner. When you are doing things ergonomically, you are smooth and efficient, not hampered by additional strain and stress [...]
Sometimes, it things can just get desperate. Tired of neck and upper back pain, women seek out posture bra back support. Here’s where things can get tricky for women versus men. While both men and women have the constant force of gravity pulling on them, women have a little something extra in the front that [...]
While many people try to differentiate between a pump up back lumbar support and a regular pillow-type posture support, the results are often the same. The principle between the two is largely the same and can still lead to some of the same problems. Problems? Aren’t all lumbar supports a good thing? Or is the [...]
Based on the questions of my patients and e-mails I’ve received, the dowagers hump is a very feared condition. I don’t blame them, the dowagers hump is painful and not the most flattering. Worse, it can be prevented. However, by the time most people decide they may likely develop the dowagers hump, it may be [...]
Teaching good posture has to be more than just telling someone to “sit up straight” and to “stop slouching!” Taking this approach seem to give the impression that achieving good posture is just about remembering to have it. While you will have to remember to sit up straight from time to time, the focus has [...]
