Recognized Pain-Relief Expert, Trisha Barry:
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UCLA Health, Spine / Ergonomics page
The UCLA Health spine center, in its “Ergonomic and Proper Posture for Sitting” guidance, explicitly says:
“There should be a cushion that causes your lower back to arch slightly so that you don’t slump forward… insert a lumbar support or get a new chair.”
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Hopkins Medicine “Addressing Neck and Back Pain When You’re Working:”
In guidance for remote/desk work setups, Hopkins recommends ergonomic adjustments — including lumbar support — as a mitigant to back and neck pain from prolonged sitting.
Reduce the amount and angle of flexion during the day(s) by using a back-support / lumbar pillow and keep your monitor at eye level. These small adjustments can go a long way in preventing and reducing tech neck and lower back pain.
TOP TIPS TO REDUCE NECK/BACK PAIN
The following two novellas, part memoir, part historical fiction/adventure, are filled with personal transformation secrets, hilarious real-life experiences, and educational insights into cost-effective, evidence-based tools to create calm and increase creativity in uncertain times.
With links to experts who offer online training, free or low-cost online resources, and a vibe of hope with can-do grit, Mariposa Oracle's adventures show how crisis and intense stress can be a healing opportunity in disguise.
Meet Mariposa Oracle who, in the first novella, Queen City Licensed Massage Therapist, begins a new career in Charlotte, NC, just as the state passes license legislation regulating massage, sending massage parlors, unlicensed body workers and confused clients scurrying to adapt and understand the new laws. The novella also explores the national standardization of licensed massage therapy in the U.S.
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In Novella 2, The Mirror, Mariposa lands a job teaching yoga while her clients pull her into the hidden worlds of chronic pain, addiction, and single-parent homes. Her new skills, she finds, offer breakthrough, evidence-based alternative therapies for billion to trillion dollar problems, such as the epidemics of chronic pain and opioid addiction. Learn more about the plasticity of the brain: the new paradigm shifts away from PTSD stigmas into a liberating world of self regulation and resiliency with effective self-care.
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About: Trisha Barry
Mission: Offer cutting-edge information, tools, tips, and techniques to eliminate pain and suffering, allowing anyone to reach their peak potential.
My background:
Certified: iRest Yoga Nidra instructor
E RYT 200 - experienced yoga instructor
MFA Creative Writing - Queens University, Charlotte, NC
Licensed Massage Therapist, FL 96149
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