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by Corporate Massage Therapy
Why Get Active?
Canadians spend $12 billion annually
on health care for illness related to
unhealthy lifestyle choices.
Recent studies have shown that
among 13.5 million working Canadians,
almost half are sedentary. Active living
in the workplace increases motivation,
productivity and morale. It reduces illness,
injuries, stress-related work problems,
turnover and absenteeism. Check
out these startling statistics.
• Canadian children and youth are
40 per cent less active than they were
30 years ago and children become
less active with age. Children watch
an average of 23 hours of television
each week.
• Active Canadians are more likely
than inactive Canadians to rate their
health as either good or very good.
• As many as 26 per cent of Canadian
adults are at increased risk of developing
health problems because of excess
body weight. The most active Canadians
Carpal tunnel syndrome, caused by the entrapment of the
median nerve in the carpal tunnel of the wrist, is something
we've all heard about.
It's characterized by pain and numbness in the hand, excluding the pinky,
and onset of pain is often at night. When we wake up in the morning, we
often ignore the pain and continue on with our days, when there are some
simple things we could do to keep the problem from getting worse.
To help avoid carpal tunnel syndrome, set your desk up properly. Your computer screen should be
approximately two feet away from you, with the document at eye level so you are not leaning forward,
straining to see it. When using the keyboard, wrists should be straight, with your elbows at 90 degrees.
Make sure the keyboard is not slanted downwards, which will cause the wrists to bend, compressing
the carpal tunnel. When using BlackBerrys or other hand-held devices, try to make sure the wrists are
not flexing or extending, and avoid over-using your thumbs.
There are some simple exercises everybody should do before working on the computer, to warm up
and help stretch the tissues in the hands and forearms. If you already have mild symptoms of carpal
tunnel syndrome, these exercises are fantastic. Surgery is often avoided if you start this routine when
symptoms first occur. I give these exercises to clients who spend hours at a time on the computer.
Athletes don't dash into competition without a warm up, so why should you start your day without
proper preparation?
This routine should be repeated five times at the beginning of the day before you sit down at the
computer, and in sets of five throughout the workday to help avoid carpal tunnel syndrome.
Simple warm-ups to prevent carpal tunnel syndrome
1. Stand with your arms in front of you. Extend wrists towards the ceiling; hold for five seconds.
2. Straighten wrists, and relax your fingers; hold for a count of five.
3. Make a fist, then flex fists down towards the floor; hold for five seconds.
Corporate Massage Therapy offers 30+ modalities and treatment types in 4 convenient locations!!
From assessments, deep tissue, rehabilitative, sports therapy to relaxation and stress relief, clients are in
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based Registered Massage Therapy services in the Greater Ottawa Area.
Due East Magazine • Page 18 • Fall 2008
are the least likely to be overweight,
whereas the least active Canadians are
most likely to carry extra weight.
• Diet and physical activity leads to more
fat loss than diet alone. Long duration,
low-intensity physical activity burns fat.
• Active people feel stronger and
more in control. They have more
energy to cope with the challenges of
everyday life.
• Three 10-minute walks, all taken the
same day, are as good as one 30minute
walk. You burn as many calories
walking one kilometre as you do
running one kilometre.
• Sixty-six per cent of Canadian
females are inactive compared with 60
per cent of males. Inactivity increases
with age, with two-thirds more people
over age 65 being inactive compared
to those in their early ’20s.
• If all Canadians were active, savings
to the health care system for heart disease
alone would amount to $776 million
a year.
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