Office Initiative Reduces Headaches And Neck And Shoulder Pain By More Than 40 Percent
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 14:28
in Health & Medicine
When office staff took part in a workplace educational and physical initiative, headaches fell by 41 percent, neck and shoulder pain fell by 43 percent and painkiller use fell by 51 percent. Researchers taught staff office and home relaxation techniques and provided red stickers to place around the workplace to avoid excessive contraction of the head and shoulder muscles. 169 staff were in the intervention group with 175 in the control group. All kept daily diaries.