Is Your Back Killing You At Work?

Here Are 5 Tips That Can Help

The work day ends, but the back pain doesn’t.

Sitting all day at a computer takes a toll on our backs, yet for a large percentage of Americans, sitting in front of a computer sums up their job description.

And that work-related back pain that starts out minor can soon become severe, causing problems in all areas of your life.

“The longer you have a back problem, the more damage it will create, the more it will resist getting better, and the more time it will take to heal,” says Bradford Butler, a chiropractor and author of The Blueprint for Back Pain Relief: The Essential Guide to Nonsurgical Solutions (www.drbradfordbutler.com). “So, the best course is to prevent back problems from happening to begin with.”

He offers a few tips for those whose jobs require them to sit, sit and sit some more:

• Watch how you sit. Most people are putting pressure on their backs, necks and shoulders because they don’t work in an ergonomically correct position, Butler says. Here’s how to achieve the optimal position: Sit with your body no more than an arm’s length from the computer and mouse, and don’t lean your head and neck forward. You should be able to rest your hand comfortably on the mouse with the elbow at the same height as the mouse pad. The monitor should be 2 or 3 inches above eye level.
• Choose the right chair. Ideally, you want a chair with lumbar support. “If there is no lumbar support, you can place a pillow behind your lower spine,” Butler says. Chairs that can tilt back also take pressure off the base of the spine and help prevent back pain. But if back pain has already started, Butler suggests placing ice between the lumbar support and the back for 20 minutes to reduce inflammation.
• Don’t cradle your phone. Have you ever pinned your phone between your shoulder and your ear so you can type while you talk? Butler has a one-word piece of advice: Don’t. “The intense strain from holding the phone that way for more than a couple of minutes can have a lasting effect on your posture and add to your back and neck pain,” he says.
• Take a break. For about five minutes every hour, get up and move around. Take a walk, stretch or do anything that takes you away from the computer and lets your body escape all the sitting and staring you’ve been doing, Butler says.
• Unload some baggage. Do you carry to work a bag or briefcase that’s so heavy even an Olympic weightlifter would feel the strain? If it weighs more than 10 percent of your body weight, then it’s putting too much of a strain on your back, Butler says. He suggests you lighten the load or get a different bag, preferably one with a long strap so it can be carried across your chest like a messenger bag. That can reduce the diagonal load on your back.

“It’s important to understand that your spine was designed to move,” Butler says. “If you are sitting for a good part of your day, you are effectively doing the opposite of what keeps your spine healthy.

“The old saying ‘an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure’ couldn’t be truer, especially when it comes to your back. Prevention is a mindset. You probably already do it in other areas of your life. When it comes to your back, you just need some new thinking and new habits.”

 

About Bradford Butler

Bradford Butler, a chiropractor and author of The Blueprint for Back Pain Relief: The Essential Guide to Nonsurgical Solutions (www.drbradfordbutler.com), is owner and director of Oakland Spine and Physical Therapy, which has three locations in northern New Jersey. Dr. Butler, a graduate of the New York Chiropractic College, has twice been named one of America’s top chiropractors by Consumer Research Council of America and his offices have received the exclusive NJ TopDoc Award for eight consecutive years.

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CAN'T SWIM

ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM

THIS TOO WON'T PASS

 

OUT NOVEMBER 16 THROUGH

PURE NOISE RECORDS

 

RELEASE NEW SONG AND MUSIC VIDEO FOR

"MY QUEEN"

 

                                                                  PHOTO CREDIT: MITCHELL WOJCIK

 

ALBUM NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER

 

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR WITH TROPHY EYES,

 SEAWAY, MICROWAVE AND HOT MULLIGAN

KICKS OFF NOVEMBER 15

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

 

OCTOBER 4, 2018 - Can't Swim have announced their sophomore album, This Too Won't Pass, which will be released on November 16 through Pure Noise Records. The first single and music video for "My Queen" was also released today and can be seen here: http://smarturl.it/CantSwim

 

This Too Won't Pass is a brutally honest album made by people for whom music means everything and want their music to mean the same to others. In the ten tracks that make up the album, Can't Swim are able to articulate our struggles with the people, places and events that continue to shape our lives and scrape our hearts.

 

During the recording process, lead vocalist and guitarist Chris LoPorto found himself gravitating towards the meaning of the word 'evil'; a catch-all word that summarized the malevolence he felt about a number of elements in his life, be it the events of a past he continues to be governed by, and the wrongdoing he's observed in his immediate surroundings and society as a whole.

 

"Problems haunt you, infect you, and in time become a part of who you are," LoPorto explains, "You might find ways to distract yourself or try and forget but every time you look in the mirror you'll only see reminders of what you hate. Evil surrounds us and in time, becomes a part of who we are. Let this band be a reminder of that."

 

 

 

This Too Won't Pass Track Listing

1. What Have We Done

2. My Queen

3. sometimes you meet the right people at the wrong times

4. Hell In A Handbasket

5. Congratulations, Christopher Hodge 

6. Malicious 444

7. Not The Way It Was

8. Amnesia 666

9. Daggers

10. Winter of Cicada

 

 

 

This Too Won't Pass is now available for pre-order. When pre-ordered digitally, fans will receive and instant grat download of "My Queen".

 

Can't Swim will embark on an upcoming winter tour with Trophy Eyes, Seaway, Microwave and Hot Mulligan. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at www.cantswimmusic.com. A full list of cities and venues they will hit can be found below.

 

Can't Swim Tour Dates

w/Trophy Eyes, Seaway, Microwave and Hot Mulligan

 

November 15 - Los Angeles, CA - The Teregram Ballroom

November 16 - Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction

November 17 - Mesa, AZ - Nile Half House

November 19 - Dallas, TX - RBC Dallas

November 20 - Austin, TX - Come And Take It Live

November 21 - Houston, TX - Studio at Warehouse Live

November 23 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade

November 24 - Margate, FL - O'Malley's

November 25 - Orlando, FL - Soundbar

November 27 - Greensboro, NC - The Blind Tiger

November 28 - Washington DC - Rock & Roll Hotel

November 29 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church

November 30 - Allston, MA - Brighton Music Hall

December 1 - New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge

December 2 - Toronto, CAN - The Opera House

December 4 - Buffalo, NY - Rec Room

December 5 - Detroit MI - Magic Stick

December 6 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom & Tavern

December 7 - Chicago, IL - The Bottom Lounge

December 8 - St. Louis, MO - Fubar

December 9 - Springfield, MO - Outland Ballroom

December 11 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theater

December 12 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court

December 14 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon

December 15 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre

December 17 - Sacramento, CA - Holy Diver

December 18 - Berkeley, CA - Cornerstone

 

Can't Swim is: Chris LoPorto (lead vocals and guitar), Mike Sanchez (guitar), Danny Rico (guitar), Greg Devitt (bass). The band calls Keansburg, New Jersey home.

 

For more information:

www.cantswimmusic.com

 

www.purenoise.net

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 Van Jones Guest of SLCC's Tanner Forum on Social Ethics

What: Van Jones guest speaker for SLCC 2018 Tanner Forum on Social Ethics

Where: The Grand Theatre, SLCC South City Campus, 1575 S. State St., Salt Lake City

When: Oct. 9, 7-8 p.m.; speech and Q&A at 7 p.m.; 8:30 p.m. book signing; doors open at 6 p.m.

Tickets/information: Available at slcc.edu/tanner

Note: Seating is first come, first served

For special accommodations: Call 801-957-4659

*The Tanner Forum on Social Ethics is made possible in part by generous support of the O.C. Tanner Company.

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Sen. Lee Statement on Supplemental FBI Report

 

WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) issued the following statement Thursday after reading the FBI’s supplemental background investigation into Supreme Court nominee Judge Kavanaugh.

 

“The new information in the supplemental FBI report does not corroborate the allegations made against Judge Kavanaugh. I look forward to voting for his confirmation imminently.”

 

An online version of this release can be found here.