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How to
work
smarter
By Deborah Shepherd
Time* Newspapers Staff Writer
Everyone has a sneaking suspicion that work is bad for their health, but for some people, that might actually be true.
It's easy to see the hazards of being a construction worker or a race car driver. But where’s the danger in working a cash register?
Kendal B. Blaser, a physical therapist, explained, "A cashier does a lot of twisting, reaching and lifting — arid prolonged standing. The abdominal and back muscles' job is to hold you upright. Those muscles fatigue after a long time.”
The result: stiffness, low back pain, neck discomfort leading to headaches, and other ills.
But by far the most common workrelated complaint that brings people to Blaser Physical Therapy in Warrenton
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