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Ease Work-Related Overuse Injuries with Skilled Home Massage Therapy
Today’s advanced technology makes our lives easier, but after spending eight or nine hours typing at your computer desk or on your laptop every day, your muscles and nerves may not agree. Poor posture, awkward hand positions and repetitive movements associated with computer use commonly lead to problems like carpal or cubital tunnel syndrome, sciatica, muscle weakness, cramps and sore, agonizing trigger points.
How Overdoing It Feels Like
Getting your project accomplished while your shoulders burn, your neck aches, your back spasms or your hands feel numb and tingly can seem like an impossible task. The added stress of a deadline makes everything worse. Your pain perpetuates itself and slows your progress until you feel utterly hopeless, and then your state of despair alters your brain chemicals and compounds your physical discomfort even further. When the work day is finally over, and you are free to relax, your fatigue and pain may dampen your desire to do anything other than collapse onto your bed in misery. The scenario is probably not your idea of a productive day.
Home Massage Can Alleviate Computer-Related Agony
Physical problems related to computer use should always be taken seriously. If you don’t address pain caused by repetitive stress injuries or nerve entrapment, you could end up with chronic, disabling nerve damage or limited mobility. Having regular massage therapy at home can help you feel better physically and emotionally. It may even stop temporary aches and pains from becoming permanent. Massage directly relieves symptoms by alleviating tight, tense muscles, postural imbalance, inflammation, nerve entrapment, tissue adhesion and trigger points that cause referred pain.
It also has indirect effects including enhanced sleep quality, better concentration, endorphin release and improved circulation, which boost your work performance as well as your overall health and well-being. When you have massage sessions in your home, you don’t have to fight traffic or workplace stress and drama afterwards; simply enjoy the feeling of deep relaxation and balance that will help you be fully present for the rest of your day.
Make Massage Part of a Healthier Approach
While massage addresses the damage that has already been done and helps deter future problems by keeping your tissues healthier, it can’t completely protect you from the overuse that led to your symptoms. It’s important to take breaks from work to stretch your muscles and relieve pressure on sensitive nerves. Your massage therapist can help you identify problem areas, and modify your posture and positioning so that technology won’t cause you so much pain.