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Pain of back:  the computer cleared!
Seated of long hours owing your computer, it is not rare that your back plays you the towers. Done often accuse, work on screen is it responsible for these recurrent pains?Â
More of a French on four endure the back and eight on ten will suffer some during their life. In 2000, a poll achieved by the Parisian attested the frequency astonishing of this trouble: Â 27% of the men and 36% of the women feel some pains dorsales1 regularly.
The first reason of work stop far from being insignificant, the chronic lombalgie represents an important cost for the patients and the system of health in his whole. The last survey dating of ten years had valued the expenses bound to these pains in France between 1,5 to 2 billions of euros per year, of which 500 millions of euros for the daily indemnities bound to the stops of travail2.
From where does such an epidemic come? The explanation very certainly results from a multitude of factors to the breast of which the physical activity lack holds a major place. But the prolonged seated position is very often an accused to encourage the emergence of these pains. True or false? On time where work on computer touches more and more people, it was time to clarify this question.
Beware of the vibrations and to the bad positions! some New Yorkers researchers reviewed 25 studies carrying on the pain of back and work in prolonged seated position, more of the half of the work time. The conclusion is without call:  Work on screen is not responsible for lombalgie! No reason therefore to accuse your computer when your column plays you the towers.
The frequency of the lombalgies only increases when the prolonged seated position comes with vibrations or "bad positions." It is more the length of exhibition of the vibrations that their amplitude that proves to be ominous. To the small game of the profession the more exposed, the big losers are the pilots of helicopter. This profession multiplies by nine the risks to develop a lombalgie.
One, two, three. Move! to avoid the bad positions and to limit the other problems bound to work on computer as fatigue visual, some advice can help you. You will find them in our article "Ten rules to work better on computer."
Finally, work on computer remained a sedentary activity. For the profit of your back but also of your heart, be careful to practice physical and sporty activities as regularly as possible. Choose the staircase instead of the elevator, walk during the pauses and why would not go you to loosen you at the swimming pool!
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