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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Nov 20, 2012 | Health Articles
What is Workplace Ergonomics? Workplace ergonomics is the practice of designing or redesigning the area in which a person works to the specific needs and job requirements of that person. It follows that, for an ergonomic workplace to be created, a proper assessment of the environment must first of all take place so that appropriate...
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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Nov 15, 2012 | Health Articles
A study in the Annals of Internal Medicine shows manual therapy is highly effective in treating patients suffering with neck pain and restricted range of motion. Neck pain affects 10-15% of people and is particularly common among middle-aged men and women. 183 patients who had suffered with neck pain for at least a two week...
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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Nov 13, 2012 | Health Articles
If your home is subjected to leaves falling each year, you’ll have to rake them up, and probably more than once each season. And you’ll almost certainly know about the consequences of leaf-raking on the body, including strain and pain in the neck, the upper and lower back, and in the shoulders. Just because you’re...
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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Nov 8, 2012 | Health Articles
Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, also abbreviated to TMD or TMJ, is the name for a variety of conditions that affect the jaw joint. Symptoms vary from case to case, as does the severity of the symptoms. Most people who suffer pain in the jaw muscles or joints experience only temporary or cyclical problems. Other people go...
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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Nov 6, 2012 | Health Articles
Few people understand the true importance of maintaining good posture. Despite our hearing about it on a pretty regular basis, why it matters and how to achieve it remain a little murky for many. Why good posture matters Good posture is more than standing up straight. You have posture when you stand, walk, sit, kneel,...
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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Nov 1, 2012 | Health Articles
Even if you love fashion, you must know that it’s a pretty fickle beast. What’s in one day is passé the next. You spend hundreds on an item in March, and then wouldn’t be seen dead with it in May. But the worst of it is the toll it can take on you physically. No...
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