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(1) SUPPORT YOUR BACK
If your office chair doesn’t have lumbar support, grab a small towel and roll it up. A small pillow will also work. When you slide back in your chair after finding your proper posture, place the towel or pillow between the chair and your lower back. This support device should help you maintain good posture. If the towel or pillow is too large, you could be forcing your spine into an awkward position that will be painful quickly.

(2) ADJUST YOUR CHAIR
Move your seat up or down until your legs are parallel with the ground and your knees are even with your hips. Your arms should be parallel to the ground, too.

Your feet should be resting on the floor. If they aren’t, use a stool or footrest to elevate your feet until you are in this position.

(3) PUT YOUR FEET ON THE FLOOR
Your feet should be flat on the floor. If you’re wearing shoes with heels, removing them may be most comfortable.

Don’t sit with your legs crossed. This can reduce blood flow and cause muscle strain.

(4) KEEP YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN AT EYE LEVEL
Adjust the monitor until it’s about an arm’s length away.

The top of your computer’s screen should be no more than 2 inches above your eye level. Computer monitors that are too low or too high can strain your neck and eyes.

(5) USE A HEADSET IF YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THE PHONE
If you spend a lot of time on a phone and typing or writing at the same time, use a speakerphone. Bending your neck to cradle the phone can cause stiff muscles, pain, and even ligament damage over time.

(6) TAKE REGULAR BREAKS
Sitting for long periods can reduce blood flow and cause muscle fatigue. To prevent that, take frequent breaks.

When you take a break, stand up and walk away from your desk if you can. Get your blood flowing by doing some calf raises and shoulder shrugs. https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/how-to-sit-correctly/

(1) Lack of exercise. Weak and unused muscles in your back and abdomen might lead to back pain.

(2) Improper lifting. Using your back instead of your legs when lifting a heavy object can lead to back pain.

(3) Age. Back pain is more common as you get older.

(4) Excess weight. Excess body weight puts extra stress on your back and this might lead to back pain.

(5) Diseases. Some types of arthritis and cancer can contribute to back pain.

(6) Psychological conditions. People prone to depression and anxiety appear to have a greater risk of developing back pain.

(7) Smoking. This may occur because smoking prompts more coughing which can lead to a herniated disc. Smoking can also decrease blood flow to the spine and increase the risk of osteoporosis.

Your chiropractor must clearly explain to you what they found during your examination, how they propose to treat you and the benefits or any significant risks associated with your condition and proposed treatment.

Below are some of the questions you may ask your chiropractor:

• will the treatment hurts?
• Can someone come in the treatment room with you?
• Will you be treated in a private room? Most chiropractor treat patients in a private room. However, some chiropractor use an open plan room with several treatment tables and more than one patient are treated at once.
• Will x-rays be needed? Your chiropractor should only recommend that an x-ray is taken if there is a valid clinical reason for doing so.
• What if the treatment doesn’t seem to help?
• What are the costs? Costs vary depending upon the location and the nature of the clinic.
• How can you make sure that the treatment is safe? https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/chiropractic/

This is the medical term for the hip socket that does not fully cover the ball portion of the upper thigh bone. This allows the hip to become partially or completely dislocated. Most people with hip dysplasia are born with this condition. https://www.evidence.nhs.uk/search?ps=50&q=hip+dysplasia

Milder cases of hip dysplasia might not start causing symptoms until a person is a teenager or young adult.

RISK FACTORS

Hip dysplasia tends to run in families and is more common in girls. The risk of hip dysplasia is also higher in babies born in the breech position and in babies who are swaddled tightly with the hips and knees straight.

COMPLICATIONS

Later in life hip dysplasia can damage the soft cartilage (labrum) that rims the socket portion of the hip joint. This is called the labral tear. Hip dysplasia can also make the joint more likely to develop osteoarthritis. This occurs because of higher contact pressures over a smaller surface of the socket.

TREATMENT

Hip dysplasia treatment depends on the age of the affected person and the extent of the hip damage. Infants are usually treated with a soft brace that holds the ball portion of the joint firmly in its socket for several months. This helps the socket mould to the shape of the ball.

If the brace does not work well, especially in babies older than 6 months, the orthopaedic doctor may move the bones into the proper position and then hold them there for several months with a full-body cast. Sometimes surgery is needed to fit the joint together properly.

If dysplasia is more severe, the position of the hip socket can also be corrected. In operation called periacetabular osteotomy, the socket is cut free from the pelvis and then repositioned so that it matches up better with the ball.

Acetabular osteotomy is commonly used as a surgical treatment for hip dysplasia in adolescents.

Hip replacement surgery might be an option for older people whose dysplasia has severely damaged their hips over time, resulting in debilitating arthritis. Patients with developmental dysplasia of the hip have a high incidence of sciatic nerve injury after total hip arthroplasty. A high incidence of sciatic nerve injury may be related to the over-lengthening of the lower-limb in total hip arthroplasty and the complexity and difficulty in performing the surgery. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/developmental-dysplasia-of-the-hip/