Fix Your Computer Posture

Fix Your Computer Posture
By Chris Geisert

Is Your Computer Posture Hurting You? If your body starts hurting while you are sitting at your computer, it is time to fix your computer posture. Sitting at your computer all day can cause immediate and continuous, prolonged pain if you are not careful.

More and more people are spending an increasingly longer period of time on their computers. This increases the number of people with forward head posture and upper body aches and pains.

Here are some easy tips to keep your computer from becoming your worst enemy.

1. Exercise is the best medicine for common neck, back, shoulder aches caused from poor posture. When you sit at your computer all day, your muscles become rigid, tight and aches and pains creep in.

Swimming is the best exercise for getting rid of your upper body aches and pains, especially neck pain because it loosens and strengthens your neck and back muscles.

2. Raise your computer monitor so the center is eye level. Raising the monitor a good 5 to 10 inches will help improve your computer posture. Continuously looking down will put the head in an uncompromising posture position which causes and increases aches and pain.

3. Don't spend all day on your computer, if possible. After 15 to 20 minutes on the computer, get up and walk around. This will help exercise your muscles, refresh your mind and help get rid of your upper body tension. You can also do some stretches, especially neck stretches in your chair if you can't get out of your seat.

4. Exercise: This is probably the only truly reliable long term solution to your aches and pains as it increases your muscles strength and loosens the body's tension from staying still.

5. Improve your posture. Don't slouch at your computer. Sit up straight. Don't slouch while standing. Stand up straight. Don't slouch.

6. Stop sticking your head out. When a person has forward head posture, they put an extra 10 to 15 pounds of excess strain on their upper body for every inch forward the head is from its natural plum line, causing pain which could lead to a hump on your back.

7. Stretch your neck. There are many stretching exercises for free on the Internet which will help release neck tension. When you wake up, spend extra time in the hot shower stretching your neck muscles. The heat will help loosen your neck after a long night of sleep. The more you stretch your neck, the better you will feel.

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