Okay, so it’s all about how we can keep stress down on the body, the physical stress on the body, the chemical stress on the body, the emotional stress. So again, our body states a more vitalistic state, and we are more resistant to everyday strains and stresses on the body. So let’s talk about that. But again, just to get a bit of background, for those that haven’t been watching some of the previous videos, when you come to Intelligent Health Group, what we do is first it’s very important, we identify what the source of the problem is. So when you have a back issue, maybe an acute issue, or a chronic issue, we want to identify what was the actual source of the issue, and what’s actually the underlying issues at play structurally, what’s happening in the body. So do we do a very thorough physical assessment? And then we do diagnostics, including imaging like X-rays, and so forth, because we know structure affects your function. So for the spine and the spinal curves are not proper, then on the right alignment, it’s going to create stress and strain on your body pressure and your nerves and you’re going to have less nerve flow to your body, healing will definitely be reduced. So after we’ve identified all that, then we come back and create a report of findings for you, where we customize intelligence solutions, to address how we can actually fix the problem. And so we might be talking about an integrated approach with our services or providers, we might be talking about certain products that can be used to make sure that we get you out of the different stages of care.

So now let’s talk about some of those things. So some of the biggest factors again, that can help make sure that you keep stress off your body is by reducing physical stress and demand and that means proper ergonomics. So sitting on a desk properly, so if you’re sitting on the computer a lot or someone who works at the desk a lot, just make sure that again, you’re getting your desk set up properly. Your arms are parallel to the ground when you’re using your mouse and your keyboard, making sure that your monitors are at eye level, you’re not getting a lot of hunching and so forth happening. A lot of people use laptops and again, my hunching started. So we asked people to get a wireless keyboard, and a laptop stand, so it elevates it. And it makes the laptop almost look like a monitor, at eye level, whereas your wireless keyboard then can be downloaded. And your arms can be parallel to the ground. We talk about good adjustable chairs so that you can actually adjust yourself. So, your shoulder and your hip bones are just a little bit higher than your knee, then your nebula.

Then we start talking about making sure that the monitor is raised again to the eye level, which becomes really important to make sure that it has the ability to raise itself. Some people visit a lot. We tell them you can look into getting a standing and sitting workstation, something that can actually raise so you can stand for a little while and then actually lower down so they can sit for the rest of the time.

We also talk about lifting things properly, the right form, using your knees to bend instead of your waist, lifting, using momentum from your legs to push yourself back up, turning your whole body and step twisting, turning your whole body to turn and put things down and the things back up. Being mindful of these things, feeding these habits, so that you’re not even thinking about them, is definitely going to help prevent the back strains of repetitive strain injuries. Right now over 2 million Canadians are suffering from repetitive strain injuries. And often most of those are actually back-related issues and back strain. So it’s such an important concept. Right now in spring, we’re going to be looking at raking again. So raking properly, making sure you’re using your left side and right side and alternating that, making sure again that you’re bending at the knees and lifting the leaves and so forth and backing up properly. All of these things are things that right now, we should become aware of and prevent issues from developing.