Life has presented many challenges during this difficult time, but there is one predominant element that most of us are adjusting to—working from home. Along with not having access to your familiar workspace, there are numerous stressors we are facing that accumulate as tension in the body. This has been proven to affect your posture, breathing habits and core function. But there is good news! There are many strategies to help reverse the physical effects of stress, tips and cues for better posture and a series of simple and effective core exercises to incorporate into your day. This webinar will explore these concepts in depth and is structured to provide practical solutions to improving your posture, productivity and core strength while working from home.
Objectives:
To present issues related to poor posture and core weakness – neck/back pain, headaches, balance deficits, breathing difficulties, etc
- Prevalence
- Research based findings
To improve understanding of posture and the core muscles – anatomy and how the core functions to improve overall health
- Brief spinal/abdominal anatomy
- Functional anatomy – how this relates to movement
- Why movement and good exercises improve everything
- Postural positioning related to anatomy
- How to sit
To provide strategies to incorporate postural cues and core exercises into the workday
- Short, frequent bouts of core exercises and stretches
- Series of core exercises
- Cueing throughout the day to bring awareness to posture
- Short breathing exercises to calm and relax