Work. We all must work. Everyone’s
job requires posture(s) that may trigger
pain at one time or another. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC sees the pain! Many La Grande back pain and neck pain patients who come
to chiropractic bring stories of work-related pain. We are
here to help!
TREATING AND PREVENTING WORKPLACE MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN
Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is confident in its skill
to relieve and manage work-related musculoskeletal
pain for our La Grande chiropractic patients. Not too surprisingly,
81.7% of office workers in one study had musculoskeletal pain
in at least one area. Back pain was the most frequently experienced
pain for 54.8%. Neck and shoulder pain were after that. Curiously,
musculoskeletal system pain was found to be high in office
workers whose physical activity levels were found to be low. 58.5%
of these workers reported being “active” physically, 37.3% were less
active, 4.1% were very active. (1) Research shows that in-the-workplace
exercise interventions were effective in addressing
musculoskeletal disorders and in decreasing pain for office workers.
(2) Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC values the optimism this brings
for our La Grande back and neck pain patients!
WHAT EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS WORK?
Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC treats work-related pain according
to the guidelines of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management which integrates gentle spinal manipulation along
with exercise, nutrition and other recommendations. We appreciate researchers’
description of work-related musculoskeletal pain disorders as those painful conditions
brought on by too little usage
of the musculoskeletal system during work.
Exercise, education, ergonomic direction, massage are pretty usual
ways of dealing with and attempting
to prevent pain. Most suggestions like this were for workers
to do outside of the workplace. Recently, researchers suggested
the value of specific, individualized, resistance strengthening exercises
in the workplace to reduce pain, fatigue, and discomfort in worker’s
neck and upper extremities. (3) That
is a promising idea. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC sees the value in taking care of oneself at home as well as in the workplace!
CONTACT Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Umar Ellahie on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes
treatment of cervical radiculopathy with arm and neck pain with The Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. After months of pain and trying all sorts of treatments, she experienced
relief.
Schedule your La Grande chiropractic appointment
with Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC today. We all work. There’s no way
around that! If work and its postures are painful, let’s have
a talk. Together, we can find a way to relieve
and prevent workplace musculoskeletal pain.