DESK JOB COULD GIVE YOU ‘OFFICE KNEE’ DISEASE
LONDON: Rise of the Internet and desk-based jobs has been blamed for the
latest in a line of joint ailments dubbed as “office-knee”, a UK study
has found.
Researchers found that more than a quarter of workers in UK are suffering from painful knee joints and doctors have attributed this to rising levels of obesity and desk-based jobs across all age groups.
Those over the age of 55 suffer the most, with one in ten questioned claiming they are in constant pain, the Daily Mai reported.
Researchers found that more than a quarter of workers in UK are suffering from painful knee joints and doctors have attributed this to rising levels of obesity and desk-based jobs across all age groups.
Those over the age of 55 suffer the most, with one in ten questioned claiming they are in constant pain, the Daily Mai reported.
Almost a quarter of 1,600 workers aged 16 to 65 said they have been living with pain for up to two years.
Sammy Margo, a spokesperson for the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, said the rise of the Internet and desk-based jobs are to blame for the phenomenon of “office knee”.
“I have seen a huge surge in the number of people with knee pain and it is down to the sedentary lifestyle people are leading
Sammy Margo, a spokesperson for the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, said the rise of the Internet and desk-based jobs are to blame for the phenomenon of “office knee”.
“I have seen a huge surge in the number of people with knee pain and it is down to the sedentary lifestyle people are leading
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