Place a sticker on your computer or somewhere where you will see it at your workstation to remind you to periodically reorganize your posture and take breaks from sitting to stretch.
Whenever your eyes land on the sticker, check the position you have been working from and then correct the errors that will lead to spinal imbalances, neck and back pain, and carpal tunnel syndrome.
- Slide your chin straight back so your earlobes are lined up over your shoulder joints and your gaze is straight, not up or down at the screen (If the placement of your computer monitor doesn’t allow for this, your workstation needs to be adjusted).
- Make sure your elbows are at 90 degrees when you are using your keyboard.
- Allow your shoulders to drop away from your ears and imagine the lower edges of your shoulder blades are reaching toward your hip bones.
- Squeeze your glutes slightly to find the proper position of your pelvis and distribute your weight onto your “sits” bones.
- Balance your rib cage over your pelvis as if they are two wineglasses and you don’t want any liquid to spill out of the front or the back.
Yours in Health,
Dr. Erin O’Maley
