Lockdown advice

If you're working from home at the moment, chances are your desk set-up might not be as ergonomic as it was at the office. Working from a laptop on the sofa or kitchen table for too long can lead to upper back and neck pain, perhaps even wrist and elbow pain too.

If you use a laptop and can get a separate keyboard and mouse (you can buy them fairly cheaply online), elevate your laptop on a shoe box or some thick books to bring the top third of the screen level in line with your gaze/eye line (when you're sitting in a nice upright position with your back straight).

If your lower back is getting sore try to avoid the sofa and sit on a more solid dining-style chair with both feet flat on the floor (use a box/cushions to rest your feet on if they don't reach the floor). Yo could also roll up a towel or blanket to place in the curve of your lower back (just above your belt level) - the idea is to keep the inward curve in your lower back (which tends to flatten out a bit when we sit),so push your hips right back into the back of the seat. Alternatively try moving your keyboard to a higher surface so you can spend some of your day standing, also try to stand up and wander around when you take phone calls. Keeping moving is ideal, staying still all day is not.