Harmful Aspects of Office Work

• Long working hours

• Bad ergonomics, inappropriate for the individual office furniture or pace of work (we are all different in size and shape yet furniture is often standardised)

• Excessive stress through deadlines and pace of work

• Being seated most of the time causing excessive static muscle work and muscle imbalance

• Insufficient active breaks from seated posture

How Computer Use and
Office Work affects us

• Shallow breathing

• Inhibited circulation

• Compressed spine

• Muscle imbalance

• Stress and involuntary muscle activity

How targeted exercise can help

• Teaches efficient breathing

• Improves your circulation

• Decompresses, mobilises and strengthens your back, joints, muscles and other soft tissues to nourish them and make them healthier and more resilient

• Rebalances your body, challenges lifestyle caused imbalances: strengthens what's weak and stretches what's too tight, overworked and achy

• Relaxes you to take the involuntary tension off your muscles