Fit and fine: Why are young people complaining of nagging pains and aches today...
Hindustan Times | ByKamal Singh, CSCS
Sep 10, 2018 09:52 PM IST
...Because sitting at badly-designed workstations for long hours is causing Repetitive Strain Injury
So you finish college and are lucky to land a job in a call center. In no time you are spending hours working on your computer, tied to your desk. Soon you start to notice stiffness and slight pain in one side of your neck, then your upper back/shoulder blade area starts to ache and finally you have tingling pain down your arm!
Repetitive Strain Injury is caused by improperly-designed workstations, incorrect posture and inadequate fitness(Shutterstock)
Ensure that your computer screen should be at eye level (Illustration : Sunil Kumar Mallik )Do these neck stretches 10 times each (Illustration : Sunil Kumar Mallik )Chin tuck exercises also helps relieve pain (Illustration : Sunil Kumar Mallik )