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Office initiative reduces headaches and neck and shoulder pain by more than 40 percent

May 17, 2008

Office staff who took part in an eight-month workplace initiative reported that headaches and neck and shoulder pain fell by more than 40 per cent and their use of painkillers halved, according to research published in the May issue of Cephalalgia.

They also reported that pain levels were less severe at the end of the study than at the start. Read more

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Lumbar Supports Not Particularly Effective for Low Back Pain

April 23, 2008

A new systematic review published in the Cochrane Library proved what leading musculoskeletal experts have been saying all along that lumbar or lower back supports — those large belts that people wear around their waists when they lift or carry heavy objects — are not very useful for preventing low back pain,. Read more

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