Health Tips for Office Workers


Office workers often spend up to eight hours a day in the office. These workers need to keep the office environment healthy. And you need extra effort to stay healthy. Here are four ways to stay healthy in your office.


1. To prevent Turtle Neck Syndrome

If you look down at the monitor for a long time, your neck may bend forward like a turtle. Turtle neck syndrome is a condition in which the neck arrangement changes to a straight line as the muscles around the neck harden.

The normal neck is a concave C-shape, while the turtle neck is straightened and does not distribute the weight of the head. This can lead to stiff neck, neck and shoulder pain, and severe migraine or dizziness.

Jeon Jin-man, professor of rehabilitation medicine at Kyung Hee University Hospital, said, “The height of the monitor should be high enough to match the eye level.” You have to straighten your chest. ”


2. To prevent dry eye

Dry eye syndrome is a condition in which tears are not produced properly due to deterioration of the tear glands. Office workers spend a lot of time indoors, and the heat in the air evaporates, causing dry eye.

Clean indoor air is essential for eye health. Keep the room temperature 18 ~ 22 degrees, humidity 60% or more and drink water frequently. Artificial tears can also help.

Kyung Hee University Hospital, Ophthalmology professor Kim Eung-seok said, "Temporary dry eye can improve lifestyle and artificial tears." However, artificial tears are not a fundamental solution.


3. To keep wrist health

Jobs with a lot of computer work should watch their wrists. If you use the mouse for a long time, your wrist becomes numb and painful.

Once a pain is not easy to recover.
Proper rest can help improve wrist health and concentration. "When using a mouse, you should keep your hands and wrists in a straight line and use a cushion or a wrist protector to reduce the burden," said Baek Jong-hoon, an orthopedic surgeon at Kyunghee University Hospital.


4. To prevent varicose veins


Most office workers spend more than eight hours a day sitting in chairs. If you stay in one position for a long time without movement, problems with blood circulation will occur.

If blood circulation is not smooth, visible symptoms begin to appear, and one of the most problematic areas is varicose veins in the legs. The varicose veins are abnormally meandering in the veins of the calf and protrude outwards.

A little walk makes your legs aching and tired. If left alone, the skin turns black because blood clots form in the varicose veins and the red blood cells that escape the capillary walls make the skin black

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