Dr. David KoivurantaDoctor Of Chiropractic, Toronto Neck and Back Pain Clinic · I Prevent the Work Injuries I Treat Daily | Clinical Ergonomic Assessments for HR & H&S | GTA

Daily Health Update - Posture, Back Pain, and Breathing

10 Apr 2019 · 2 min

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In this brief Monday update, Dr. David Koivuranta introduces the latest Daily Health Update podcast episode (April 8 2019) and highlights two key findings from recent research. First, better posture—specifically keeping the head up and the back aligned—correlates with improved breathing function, as measured by standard breathing tests. Second, a three‑month posture‑awareness program delivered to 176 office workers resulted in statistically significant reductions in neck, back, elbow, and knee pain. Dr. Koivuranta emphasizes that workplace ergonomics require mindfulness and real‑time awareness to prevent pain. He also promotes the broader podcast, which covers six health‑and‑wellness topics, and provides multiple ways to access the content (Anchor FM, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) and to receive a hard‑copy email summary. The update ends with a motivational call‑to‑action encouraging listeners to “sit tall, stand tall, share some smiles,” and invites them to connect with his Toronto Neck and Back Pain Clinic for further support.

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Hey everyone, it's Dr. Dave. Hopefully you're all doing well, you had a nice weekend, and you're looking forward to a nice start this week. It's Monday, April 8th, 2019. Just sent out the Daily Health Update podcast for you all to listen to. There's some great info on there this week, uh, 6 different areas of health and wellness. Uh, couple of key features on there chiropractically speaking, uh, talking about posture. And they found that, uh, people with better posture are better breathers. So some of the tests they do to check your breathing function actually improved with people who were more cognizant or had better posture, especially keeping that head up and back over the rest of your body. So that's on the podcast, check that out. And then they studied 176 office workers and they gave them a 3-month posture improvement, posture awareness program, and they actually found that they had less neck pain, less back pain, but also less elbow pain and less knee pain. So less pain with better posture, and the challenge in the workplace is of course with the ergonomics, it takes some mindfulness, some awareness to know what's going on in that moment so that you're not impacting your health in a negative way. Alright, there's 4 other areas of health and wellness on the daily health update. Hopefully you're getting your hard copy by email. If you'd like one, find me on social media, get a hold of me here at the clinic, Toronto Neck and Back Pain Clinic. We'll make sure you're on the list and you're getting that Monday through Friday. It'll help steer your health and wellness in the right direction, and check check out the podcast. It's on Anchor FM. The link to today's article and all the rest of them are found on several different podcast platforms. You can find the link on our Instagram bio, but also on Facebook and Twitter and LinkedIn, or just get a hold of me here at the clinic. I'll make sure I send you the link. All right, so today, sit tall, stand tall, share some smiles, get out there, create those great experiences, and I'm going to catch up with you tomorrow. Take care.