By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Most people in the United States Spend 40+ hours at work. And work today typically consists of sitting long hours at a desk in front of a computer, bent over in forward flexion, necks and shoulders straining to hold [...]
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Are We Witnessing a Wellvoution? Workplace Wellness Programs Are Not Only Creative–They Are Neccessary!
Posted in Health and Wellness, Stress Management, Workplace Wellness, tagged Health care reform, Wall Street Journal, wellness at work, Workplace Wellness on August 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Go on Vacation Without Leaving the Chicago Area!
Posted in Health and Wellness, Nature and Stress, Stress Management, Workplace Wellness, tagged business hotels in Chicago, Fountain, Health club, Itasca Westin, Lake Geneva, Westin Hotels on July 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Over the 4th of July weekend, I went “on vacation”..only 30 miles from home! I went to the Itasca Westin off the 290 and Thorndale and had a very relaxing time with my family. (Note: for business travelers that [...]
Where to Find Healthcare Technology Info Online
Posted in Health and Wellness, Workplace Wellness, tagged EHealth, Health informatics, Informatics on June 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Recently I received an email from William Hopper at HealthTechTopia . He called my attention to one of their posts, “25 Online Health Informatics Resource Collections” in which they list 25 online health informatics resource collections that provide useful [...]
Save Your Neck and Shoulders With a Document Holder
Posted in Health and Wellness, Massage Therapy, Workplace Wellness, tagged document holder, document stand, Ergonomics, neck pain, Shoulder problem, workstation ergonomics on May 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Massage therapists see many people with neck and shoulder pain. In the U.S., a large proportion of people either work at a computer all day. A pain pattern I see commonly from those that place their keyboards far away [...]
Working Over the Weekend Reduces Productivity and Increases Burnout
Posted in Health and Wellness, Stress Management, Workplace Wellness, tagged burnout, Fatigue (medical), fighting burnout, replenishing your reserves, weekend experiences, Work–life balance, Workweek on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer This past weekend I did what I tell other people not to do. I spent the bulk of the weekend at my desk and computer, studying, writing a paper and reading a textbook. In all, I likely [...]
Learn More About Work-Life Balance, Industrial/Organizational Research from the IOATWORK Blog
Posted in Health and Wellness, Stress Management, Workplace Wellness, tagged Human resources, Industrial and organizational psychology, Organizational Development, Work and Family, Work–life balance on November 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Recently I heard about a great blog that provides posts about the latest research on Industrial/Organizational science, The IOATWORK blog. Human Resource professionals, as well as those of you interested in reducing stress in your workplace, might learn a [...]
Quitting Smoking: Meds, Methods and Madness, Oh My!
Posted in Health and Wellness, Workplace Wellness, tagged Addiction, Smoking cessation, Tobacco smoking, zyban on August 4, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Image via Wikipedia By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Today we have a guest post from Libery Kontranowski, a freelance writer and former pharmaceutical representative. Liberty has first hand experience representing a major smoking cessation product, Zyban. Many of my friends and some clients have [...]
iPad=iHurt: Apple’s Ergonomic Fail
Posted in Health and Wellness, Massage Therapy, Workplace Wellness, tagged Apple, Ergonomics, iPads, neck pain, Porta Book on June 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer I’ve been noticing iPad advertisements all over town. I see iPads on billboards, ads on my computer and on television. Notice how the ads don’t show people sitting and using the iPad. They show people’s laps and legs and then [...]
Rest Your Way to Better Health-And a Stronger Immune System
Posted in Health and Wellness, Stress Management, Workplace Wellness, tagged getting enough sleep, meditation, napping, napping benefits, relaxation technique, rest, Sleep deprivation on April 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Image by Jeezny via Flickr By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Some of you may wonder why I haven’t posted much over the past week. It’s simple–I caught a touch of the flu and have needed to rest. As a massage therapist, wellness coach, and [...]
Simple Workday Stretches
Posted in Ergonomics, Fitness, Health and Wellness, Uncategorized, Workplace Wellness, tagged computer strain, low back pain, neck pain, OSHA, shoulder pain, sitting too long, Stretching, workplace strain on April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ASCM Personal Trainer If you’re reading this, it’s likely that you’ve been sitting at a computer for an extended period of time. Did you know that sitting still for a long time can cause serious health damage? OSHA says that maintaining static [...]
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