Ergonomics

Parents of children who walk to from and around school carrying heavily loaded backpacks can follow a few guidelines to help prevent their children from experiencing back pain.

An ergonomic office chair provides lower back support, promotes good posture and helps alleviate back pain. Learn how to decide on the best office chair.

New styles of ergonomic chairs have been designed as an alternative to a traditional ergonomic office chair and foster good back support.

The following five points highlight important ways to improve posture in the workplace, helping to reduce back and neck pain and stiffness.

Learn more about how foot orthotics, or shoe inserts, may be able to help alleviate chronic low back pain.

Not maintaining good posture and adequate back support stresses the spine, which can lead to back pain from problems with muscles, nerves, discs and joints.

Protecting the spine by doing regular posture checks, using extra back support and neck pillows, and staying active throughout the day can help prevent neck or back pain while traveling.