New Offering For Our Practice: Ergonomic Consultation
Is your workspace or bed causing you unnecessary back pain and stress? More and more people are working from home at a less than ideal set up. I am now offering Zoom ergonomic consultations. Work and sleep make up 2/3 of a day. Let’s figure out how to optimize your workspace and make sure you are also sleeping in the correct position. Please email or call for more details.
Gift idea: check out this list of the 14 best ergonomic chairs, according to professionals.
New Offering For Our Practice: Ergonomic Consultation
Is your workspace or bed causing you unnecessary back pain and stress? More and more people are working from home at a less than ideal set up. I am now offering Zoom ergonomic consultations. Work and sleep make up 2/3 of a day. Let’s figure out how to optimize your workspace and make sure you are also sleeping in the correct position. Please email or call for more details.
Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! THANKS and GIVING Thanks to all of you, my wonderful patients and friends who have led me to information, knowledge and love for you, that I would have never experienced in any other job!
Why Giving Is Good for Your Health Did you know giving is good for your brain? Health benefits include lowered blood pressure, increased self-esteem, less depression, lower stress levels, longer life and greater happiness and satisfaction.
Healing As A Journey My mission has always been to help people unblock the body’s ability to heal itself. Getting to root causes that may stand in the way is essential. Watch the video below to learn more about Hidden Water, an incredible organization. Elizabeth Clemants is an extraordinary person of many talents. I have personally seen how the work she does at Hidden Water has had a profound effect on so many people.
Hidden Water is an organization that supports survivors of child sexual abuse and trauma. Shockingly, 1 in 5 children are sexually abused. Many wounded people go on to wound other people… Hidden Water has created a safe space to heal the underlying pain in order to break the cycle. If you or anyone you know has been harmed, and is looking for a safe space to deal with this particular kind of trauma, please reach out to Hidden Water. Please consider donating.
Hello Everyone! I refuse to call what we’re all going through the new normal. I’m calling it the new weird. Things come to pass, they never come to stay. So, I’m just here recommending some things that will maybe help make people and our planet better, so that we move into a brighter future.
If you haven’t read any Joe Dispenza, try a Youtube video and see if it resonates with you: Joe Dispenza’s Youtube Page
Spinal Health Column/Spinal Column Health
Deskapades Can you see yourself here in any of these pictures? A lot of people I’ve adjusted lately are having trouble adapting to their new home office arrangements. Ergonomics play a big part.
Quotes Here are some quotes to think about and give some historical perspective. Lao Tzu lived in 6th century BC and was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. He is the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching and the founder of philosophical Taoism.
Spinal Health Column/Spinal Column Health With so many working from home, I see more and more people with their head going forward into the computer screen. Forward Head Posture by Jonathan FitzGordon is a collection of blog posts that explains it so well.
“You become what you think about all day long.” Wayne Dyer “We plan, God laughs” Yiddish proverb
These two quotes at first seem to be at odds with each other. On one hand you can create what you think about and on the other hand, the universe may have other plans for you. 2020 has come with such a variety of unexpected challenges, throwing everything out of balance or so it may seem. We must however, change and adapt when we are forced to and see the opportunity for our own inner growth in doing so.
Here are some of the things I have been finding helpful in navigating these difficult times. The path and the journey are all about this moment and then this moment and so on and so on…
Take breaks often 1. Breathe Regularly – take 5 minutes to focus on your breathing. Sit up straight, close your eyes, slowly inhale through your nose and exhale through your mouth. Sort of like a cigarette break without the side effects, only the benefits. 2. Be Present – Slow down – Enjoy the air around you, appreciate the little things and focus on your senses. 3. Move – All forms of exercise can ease anxiety. Go for a quick walk around the block or skip the elevator and take the stairs.
With so many more people working from home these days, I wanted to share with you some things that may be helpful to on-going home self – care. Many people who reached out to me during the quarantine were out of the city and wanted to know what they could do at home. Of course, this is obviously not a substitute for medical attention. These are merely home remedies to try if you can’t get an adjustment or to see a health care provider soon enough.
Yours truly for better health, Lisa Kirsch, D.C.
Topping the list – working at a desk from home. People were not having much trouble with their home workouts causing injury as much as extended hours sitting in an ergonomically incorrect position. Chantha Thach, a personal trainer in TriBeCa and professional body builder was (and is) giving online workouts. I asked Chantha if she could also demonstrate stretches to counter the problem of sitting too long. These stretches are designed to help elongate the muscles that are affected by sitting at a computer. (These stretches are to be done bilaterally where only one side is pictured)
“People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.” ― Wendell Berry
Wishing you all love, peace, joy and health for the coming year!
I realized when I wake up in morning the first thing I do is remember who I am, where I am and what I have to do that day. I was waking up and putting it all on like a big coat. Then I would get myself out of bed and face the day. So this year I decided to wake up and remember to be present all day long! Ha…the greatest challenge ever. Be Here Now by Ram Dass right? That is and was one of my all time favorite books. Now I just found out there is a website: https://beherenownetwork.com/podcasts/
So that is my New Year’s resolution….wake up, remember to be present!
Sounds easy. This reminds me of when one of my patients told me her son said to her, “Mom, just make rice.” She said, “Just ‘make’ rice?! Do you know how many ways I can screw up rice?!”
There are so many ways to not be present! There is only one way to be present!
With love,
Lisa
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Posted in Uncategorized at January 14th, 2018. Comments Off on Happy 2018!.
