Success in your spine.This is a presentation on importance of posture and ergonomics for corporate employees working in IT sector or knowledge economy. It encapsulates key physiotherapy principles for occupational and corporate health.

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Success in your Spine
Posture & Ergonomics
Dr. Swapnaja Joshi(PT)
7th July 2016

2. Introduction
• Success requires
– Long work hours / sedentary & sitting
– Travel & Commute
– Communication/ verbal & non verbal
• Healthier people are more successful
Good Spinal Health is a critical component of success
Your spine takes the stress

3. Risks in our work environment
• Desk jobs with long hours of computer use lead to increased
postural stress causing:
– Low back pain
– Neck pain
– RSI/ CTS
– Body ache
Sciatica
Spondylosis
Nerve pain
Tendonitis
Over long term

4. Mitigating MSK Risks
• Ergonomics help us mitigate and minimize these risks
• Organization & Employees need to work together to achieve
this
Employees
Right use of the equipment
Maintain the MOST IMPORTANT
EQUIPMENT – your body!
Organization
Provide right equipment
Provide right environment

5. Importance / Benefits
• For organizations
– Improves productivity
– Reduces absenteeism
– Improves morale
– Improves quality
– Better safety culture
– Employee engagement
– Lower health costs/ reduced
insurance premiums
• For employees
– Better health
– Improved attention and
cognitive abilities
– Better perception & image
– Better success
– Lower health costs
Effective & Efficient Business Successful career & life

6. Mitigating the Risks
• Following four can minimize the above risks
– Right Equipment
– Right Environment
– Right Use/ Posture
– Right Maintenance

7. A. Right Equipment
• Chair - height adjustable with back support
• Table - neither too high nor too low
• Computer - adjust the height of the screen to the eye level
• Smart Phone - use smartly
• Lighting - reduces stress on eyes & subsequent wrong postural
adaptations due to ineffective lighting

8. B. Right Use/Posture
• How to use computers

9. B. Right Use/ Posture
• Text reading on smart phone

11. C. Right Environment
• Promote physical activity in office
• Workout at work program
• Health check/ camps & awareness programs
• Recreational activities in the form of certain sports
• Adventure/treks on one of the weekends

12. D. Right maintenance
Activities and behavior patterns which help our bodies to recover
• Promote circulation
• Relieves muscle tension
• Break the constant posture
• Be active, take short walks
Copy of deskercises can be downloaded from
www.reliva.in/knowledge_center

13. 4 ReLiva Tips for great office health
• Increase resolution & font
size
– Monitor and Phone Screen
• Check position of
– Chair
– Monitor
– Mouse
• Take stretch break every 30
minutes
• Drink water
• Don’t ignore MSK problems
• Visit a doctor
• Develop an exercise
regimen & follow regularly
• Build an ideal posture
• Healthy Diet
Immediate Long term

14. Don’t ignore MSK problems
• If you are very busy and short of time…
– ReLiva offers online consultation and prescription
• Email us at online@reliva.in
• Have a Online consultation with our therapist
• Receive your prescription. Follow it and recover quickly
Email us at online@reliva.in

15. Office Exercises
Instead of Coffee/ Chai and Biscuits
Try some exercises instead..

16. Exercises

17. Exercises

18. Sitting Exercises

19. Sitting Exercises

20. Standing Exercises

21. Standing Exercises

22. Thank you
ReLiva offers a 10% discount to TCS employees &
their family (till July 31st, 2016)

23. Questions?
For appointments
Email: contact@reliva.in
Call 9920991584
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ReLiva Thane: Mayur CHS, Ram Maruti Road, Naupada, Thane (W)
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