{"id":8899,"date":"2020-04-06T09:07:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T14:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/?p=8899"},"modified":"2020-04-09T09:20:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T14:20:50","slug":"tips-for-avoiding-back-pain-and-injury-while-working-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wellness\/tips-for-avoiding-back-pain-and-injury-while-working-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for avoiding back pain and injury while working from home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 has changed the way a lot of Canadians work, and for many that means moving to makeshift home offices. These new offices aren&#8217;t ergonomically designed, and they&#8217;re certinly not conducive to injury-free work. This article includes tips on how to make the best of your new workspace (and no, that doesn&#8217;t include lying on the couch with your laptop).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"0\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/life\/wellness\/tips-for-avoiding-back-pain-and-injury-while-working-from-home-1.5519774\">Tips for avoiding back pain and injury while working from home | CBC Life<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>A lot of Canadians have recently made a shift to working at home. While most of us know that plopping ourselves on the couch with a laptop on our legs isn&#8217;t the most ergonomic choice, few of us have much experience in setting up our own workspace or the right furniture and equipment on-hand.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 has changed the way a lot of Canadians work, and for many that means moving to makeshift home offices&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":8901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.5519817.1585864008!\/fileImage\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/16x9_780\/credit-istock-getty-images.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Tips for avoiding back pain and injury while working from home","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[168,412,4,411],"class_list":{"0":"post-8899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wellness","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-ergonomics","10":"tag-wellness","11":"tag-workingfromhome"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8900,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8899\/revisions\/8900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}