Digitization shapes our everyday work. As a result, we are sitting motionless in front of our screens for longer and longer. With home office, which Corona has given us by the way, the last necessary ways have been reduced to a minimum. This lack of movement gradually leads to pain.
The “mouse arm” has already become an orthopedic term. If these symptoms persist or become more severe, it is advisable to seek medical attention. Often the doctor will advise you to see an osteopath or physiotherapist.
These can help to clear blockages. In addition, the ability to slide between the individual structures such as muscles, tendons, fascia, nerves and vessels is improved. This strengthens the ability to regenerate that is in all of us.
However, an exclusively passive treatment is often not enough to get a permanent grip on these complaints – in line with the principle “life is movement”. In addition to direct treatment, osteopaths or therapists will certainly recommend movement exercises with which you can actively stimulate the spine, shoulders and hip joints in order to counteract tension. Your workplace should be ergonomically designed. That means the right seat height, the right keyboard – and the screen should be large enough and at least 50 centimeters away at eye level. Otherwise the head automatically moves forward – this tenses and shortens the regional muscles.
If you are also stressed, you usually breathe far too shallowly and the diaphragm remains tense and rigid. My recommendation: Never sit statically in front of your screen for hours, but walk up and down during a phone call, look out the window, consciously take a few deep breaths and relax your jaw. Your doctor, osteopath or physiotherapist can certainly help to alleviate your symptoms again.
Do you have questions about health?
Write to OÖN doctor Johannes Neuhofer (dermatologist), who oversees this column with a team of doctors: Clemens Steinwender (cardiologist), Reinhold Függer (surgeon), Rainer Schöfl (gastroenterologist), Josef Hochreiter (orthopaedist), Werner Schöny (psychiatrist).
E-mail: doktor@nachrichten.at
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