Causes of Stress at Work – Background noises

To reduce background sound in open offices – Install partitions to lessen the sound, use meeting rooms separate from the main work area, use quiet rooms or corners when concentration is needed, and when all else fails, use earplugs. (more…)

Causes of Stress at Work – Work Environment

When offices are open for others to see, you are constantly on stage so to say.

Open offices can be immensely distracting when you are doing a job that needs intense concentration. The noise of telephones and of people talking can significantly undermine performance in these jobs. Besides, these offices also lack privacy. This is important because it forces people constantly to “maintain appearances”, and to be constantly sociable when they may be more efficient focusing on the job in hand. (more…)

Causes of Stress at Work
Work overload occurs when job demand exceeds human limits and people have to do too much, in too little time, with too few resources.

Work overload is characterized by a combination of the following – (more…)

Causes of Stress at Work

Sometimes it’s important to work for that pot of gold.  But other times it’s essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow.
~ Douglas Pagels (more…)

What is Stress?

While stress does involve events and our response to them, these are not the most important factors. Our thoughts and reactions to the situations in which we find ourselves are the most critical factors. (more…)

There are times when you are the cause of your back-pain.

Most of often our aches and pains are caused by our negative thoughts and everything else associated with it. It has been observed that at times when we weighed with a problem and we perceive lack of support in our lives from our friends and family, we experience back-pains. (more…)

Managing Weight: Excess weight has been directly linked with the development and worsening of back pain.

Nutrition: Eating a healthy wholesome diet, of whole and fresh fruits, vegetables, grains and nuts helps to provide the body with essential nutrients for better back-health. (more…)

Using Proper Body Mechanics: Learning proper body mechanics, such as bending, lifting, and twisting, will surely help prevent backaches.

Exercises: Regular exercise helps to keep back muscles strong and flexible, by not straining or jolting the neck and back and by increasing the strength and endurance in the back. The exercises that are recommended are, low impact aerobics, walking, swimming, abdominal and back muscle exercises. Make sure that you do warm-up and cool-down exercises for a sufficient time. (more…)

TENS: (Trans-cutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) is a non-invasive technique, and has shown to benefit few with pinched nerves.

Trigger Point Therapy: The goal of trigger point therapy for back pain is to eliminate the trigger points, and thus lessen the pain. (more…)

Spinal Manipulative Therapy: Chiropractic techniques help in few cases, and may be tried out with a good Chiropractic doctor.

Hydrotherapy: It is a therapy which uses application of water in any form or temperature (hot, cold, steam, liquid, ice) for healing purposes. Regular use of hot whirlpool baths with massaging jets decreases the duration and severity of back pain. (more…)