What Happened To My Neck? 

Our neck area is sensitive.  The neck supports the base of our skull and supplies nourishment to our brain and it deserves our utmost care.  

Neck pain happens to a lot of people.  There is a lot of sitting from our modern life; we spent average 5 hours a day sitting at our computer desk.  And we go home sit down to eat dinner, watch TV.  On weekend, we sit at our children's ball games or theaters.  Sitting causes muscle strain and spinal stress.  Prolonged sitting aggravates the problem.   

The poor design of conventional office chairs causes excessive pressure on the back on our sensitive neck area.  Movement is essential to spinal health.  Lack of movement from prolonged sitting in conventional office chairs usually leads to neck pain and upper back pain.  Because of slugglish circulations from the inactive sitting block the vital nutrients flowing to your neck and the lumbar area. Research has shown that the cartilage cells of our intervetebrate discs undergo intense pressure and are unable to receive nourishment from blood supply due to immobility.  In some extreme cases, it  could be fatal and cause disability.

There are estimated about 800,000 hospital in-patients and 12 million consultations for neck pain every year. Among the majority of these cases, they are associated to extensive sitting in poorly designed chairs. Straight back from the conventional office chairs increases great pressure on the back and causes spinal disturbances which are known as back pain.

The increasingly sedentary lives contribute greatly to the neck pain epidemic.  An office worker spends an average of 40 hours a week in a static position working at a computer.

Back pain has serious consequences.  If not immediately addressed the back pain, they can result in permanent spinal injury and even cause brain dysfunction.  It is recommended to avoid neck pain and similar problems by sitting in an ergonomic chair.