{"id":5304,"date":"2022-09-26T22:05:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T20:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtsstruziktherapy.pl\/?p=5304"},"modified":"2023-06-23T08:56:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T08:56:55","slug":"praca-przy-komputerze-jakie-niesie-zagrozenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtsholistictherapy.pl\/en\/praca-przy-komputerze-jakie-niesie-zagrozenia\/","title":{"rendered":"Working on a computer, what are the risks?"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to statistics, working at a computer causes one in eight people to experience cervical back pain. Most people who work at a computer complain of neck pain or headaches. When we spend long hours at the laptop at work, we often experience discomfort, which can manifest itself through: headaches, numbness in the limbs or tinnitus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Usually, the first change observed is a forward extension of the cervical spine, which causes further changes: head alignment, change in shoulder alignment, chest alignment and, in the future, more serious consequences. When we start to experience such pain, we will most likely find that we are suffering from upper crossed syndrome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is superior junction syndrome?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Upper crossroads syndrome<\/a> is a postural disorder involving the cervicothoracic region. It is associated with excessive or inappropriate use of the muscles in this area. It consists of an excessive tension of one muscle group and a weakening of the opposite one. The sternocleidomastoid muscle, the oblique muscles, the scapular levator, the cervical part of the dorsal extensor and the pectoralis major and minor muscles are then stretched. This dysfunction then weakens: the cervical flexors, the upper and lower quadriceps, the parallelogram and the anterior dentatus. This type of dysfunction causes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n