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Americans lead increasingly sedentary lifestyles. They often spend the greater portion of each day sitting hunched over a computer, whether in the office or at home.\u00a0 If we\u2019re not hunched over our computers, we\u2019re hunched over our smartphones.<\/p>\n
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Either way, the result is the same.\u00a0 All those hours tend to take their toll.\u00a0 Fortunately, there are a few simple things you can do to spare yourself the back and neck pain that accompanies those long hours spent hunched over.\u00a0 Most of these things apply to PC users, but the first applies to both PC and smartphone users.<\/p>\n
Mindfulness<\/strong><\/p>\n This is probably the single biggest thing you can do.\u00a0 Pay attention to your posture, whether looking at your smartphone or your PC.\u00a0 Sit up straight and don\u2019t angle your neck downward.\u00a0 If you\u2019re using a smartphone, simply hold the phone higher so you\u2019re looking at it straight on.<\/p>\n Redesign Your Workspace<\/strong><\/p>\n Since you can use your smartphone anywhere, this one applies specifically to PC users.\u00a0 Sadly, the way you\u2019ve got your workspace arranged can foster bad posture habits.\u00a0 Make sure that your monitor is sitting high enough that you don\u2019t have to crane your neck to see it, and angle it upwards slightly if needs be.<\/p>\n In some cases, users may have the opposite problem, where their monitor is too high.\u00a0 In this case, lowering it may not be possible, but even then, most monitors have an angle adjustment feature which you can use to angle it down.<\/p>\n Also make sure that your keyboard is placed for maximum comfort, and if need be, install a padded wrist protector.<\/p>\n Your Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n Being mindful of your posture will help, but if at all possible, get an ergonomic chair for your desk (both at the office and at work).\u00a0 This isn\u2019t a direct substitute for mindfulness, but a properly designed chair will not only increase your comfort, but also foster better sitting habits.<\/p>\n The bottom line is, spending hours each day working on a PC or your phone doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re destined to have to live with back or neck pain.\u00a0 There are things you can do to mitigate that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Americans lead increasingly sedentary lifestyles. They often spend the greater portion of each day sitting hunched over a computer, whether in the office or at home.\u00a0 If we\u2019re not hunched …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}