Office workers

Increasingly our lifestyles are contributing to postural dysfunction and general aches and pains; especially head, neck and shoulder problems in addition to low back and pelvic pain. With prolonged sitting and standing postures our trunk muscles can fatigue, overstretch or shorten and tighten. The spinal column itself then becomes exposed to loads it just is not designed to tolerate. People who are becoming increasingly vulnerable to poor posture and associated dysfunction are office workers, commuters or people who may have to drive or use computers all day.

Nearly every-one is surprised to know that we shouldn’t sit or stay in any one position for any more than 20 to 40 minutes at a time! Quite simply our bodies are just not designed to be stationary; we are designed to move.

By improving postural awareness, flexibility, motor control and strength a lot of our day-to-day aches and repetitive strains can be overcome. Pilates is increasingly becoming the treatment of choice to help address these ‘postural dysfunctions’ and for people who generally want to avoid such aches and pains.

At Pilates Physiotherapy Cork we incorporate postural re-education and ergonomic advice with all of our work for spinal rehab.