BCA Gives Advice to Office Workers to Prevent Back Pain while at Work
Posted by Admin on 17 Nov 2011 | Tagged as: Business News, Health Center, Internet Legal Resources
The British Chiropractic Association (BCA) has called on sedentary staff in UK to take care of their back by walking around, stretching their legs and changing their seating places regularly while working during the day. This call has been made by the BCA after their study found 51% of the officer-goers in UK to be suffering from some or the other kind of back problems due to sitting at their chairs for continuous period.
The BCA cautioned that increased amount of work to handle was resulting in office-goers sitting at their workplace not only to work but also having their lunch instead of using their office canteen. Thus, office-goers spent their entire day sitting at their seats for working without any form of physical activity, which not only developed but also intensified their back pain.
The BCA has recommended certain steps to avoid the problem of developing and further aggravating their back problems resulting due to continuous long hours of sitting at one place. The BCA wants office-goers to sit not more than 40 minutes in front of their computers, but take short breaks in between. The short breaks should include stretching their legs or taking a short walk away from their workstation. While sitting at your chair, BCA advises employees to not sit upright but ensure that their bottom and shoulder ends touch the back and the backrest of the chair respectively. There should be adequate area below the desk, with no office or personal materials kept. This will allow enough space to rest and move your legs. Always keep your feet on the ground or the support of the desk. Ensure that there is space available in the anterior-side of your chair and back area of your calves. Besides placing your foot properly, your hips must be at an elevated area than your knees. This position can be achieved by slanting the chair. Your arms must be relaxed and flat with the elbows in parallel with the table that is being used. Insist on using chairs with arm support on it. NEBOSH Courses, by the National Examination Board for Occupational Safety and Health, can assist in training to comply with the legal requirements and minimise the risk to employees of developing back pain or making existing back pain worse.
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