Newly Identified “Technology Ache Syndrome” Costing Industry Billions Of Dollars Worldwide In Lost Productivity.

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(Free-Press-Release.com) November 29, 2011 -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: San Jose, California (November 29, 2011) - Body Specialist Tahnee Woolf has identified a silent epidemic that is sweeping our nation right beneath our noses. She calls it “Technology Ache Syndrome”, known as “Tech Ache” for short. It consists of the nagging, ongoing aches and pains that people suffer every day when using computers, laptops, iPads, Kindles, Playstations, PDAs, smartphones and cell phones.

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Newly Identified “Technology Ache Syndrome” Costing Industry Billions Of Dollars Worldwide In Lost Productivity.

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“Extensive research has revealed that many people around the world are sitting at their computers or laptops every day with aching backs, sore necks, tight shoulders, painful wrists, sore fingers, aching sit bones, tight hips, tired strained eyes and headaches,” says Woolf. “Some sufferers also have stress and exhaustion too, resulting from the pain,” she adds. “They try taking painkillers, and getting massages, but it doesn’t help. The pain gets worse, week by week, month by month, year by year.”

What causes Technology Ache Syndrome? Woolf explains how the human body was not designed to spend all day sitting in chairs, typing on keyboards, staring at computer screens, peering at smartphones or flicking joysticks. “Our bodies go into contraction from the repetitive motions and rigid positions that are required of us when we use technology,” she says “Our muscles shorten, the fascia under our skin tightens, our spine gets pulled out of alignment, our posture hunches and our bodies become chronically stiff and sore.”

Woolf explains that technology is a double-edged sword in our society. “We have a love-hate relationship with technology,” she says. “We are dependant on it, yet using it causes our bodies discomfort.” It is this love-hate relationship that underlies Technlogy Ache Syndrome. As Woolf explains, “People are causing their own bodies pain because they feel so much internal and external pressure to use technology.”

Woolf explains how in this current economic crisis, Technology Ache Syndrome has turned from a large issue into a sweeping epidemic, because the economic stress levels in peoples’ lives are compounding the problem. “When stress is added into the picture, people tend to spend even more hours at their computer, desperately trying to keep their job, look for jobs, or to distract themselves with online entertainment. As our hours on technology increase, so do our pain and stiffness levels.”

Statistics confirm Woolf’s observations. Data from the American Productivity Audit in 2002 estimated that common pain conditions like headache, arthritis, back pain, and other musculoskeletal conditions cost $61.2 billion per year in lost productive time, and accounted for 76% of lost productive time. Over half (52.7%) of the workforce surveyed reported having headache, back pain, arthritis, or other musculoskeletal pain in the past two weeks, and 12.7% of all workforce lost productive time in a two-week period due to pain. The numbers for hand pain, wrist pain, neck pain, shoulder pain and other forms of repetitive strain technology-related injuries are similarly high.

One can only imagine how much these numbers have increased in the last decade, with the dramatically increasing use of technology in the workforce. According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, computers are now used in the United States by 100 million people at their jobs daily.

But we don’t need statistics to know the sweeping nature of this problem. Throw a stone into any American workplace and you will hit someone who is suffering aches and pains from working at their computer. This is the silent truth that no one is talking about.

“With no Remedy in sight” explains Woolf, “people believe that their only choice is either to suffer in silence or to quit their job”. But of course in this economic downturn, no one can afford to quit their job! So they continue to suffer in silence, taking toxic pain killers to get though the day, coming home from the office each night exhausted from the long day battling pain and stiffness.

Woolf warns people about where untreated Tech Ache can lead. She herself suffered from many years of worsening Technology Ache Syndrome, specifically back, neck and shoulder pain, as the result of her desk job as a lawyer. “At first I used to feel sore and stiff sitting at my desk working at my computer all day,” she says. “But then as the years passed, my pain increased, my body became more stiff and rigid, and my exhaustion became overwhelming.” At her worst, Woolf’s Tech Ache became so bad that she was in constant chronic pain in the office and was unable to sit for even a few minutes. She was forced to work lying on the floor! She eventually had to give up her career as a lawyer as the pain had become too great.

Woolf reports that the traditional remedies for pain do not help alleviate Technology Ache Syndrome. “Believe me, I tried everything!” She says. “I tried pilates, yoga, myotherapy, massage, chiropractic, diet, nutrition, naturopathy, acupuncture, back pain exercises, stretches, strength training and lots of other things... I tried typing on fancy ergonomic keyboards, using complicated voice recognition software, expensive ergonomic chairs, working sitting on a fit ball, working standing up, working lying on the floor! I twisted myself into a pretzel doing painful back and shoulder stretches..... I even spent six months sitting in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber for four hours a day! But nothing helped relieve my Tech Ache."”

Eventually Woolf decided to take things into her own hands. After extensive investigations and spending thousands of dollars training in a cutting edge body biomechanics modality called The Feldenkrais Method™, she put together a remedy for herself that worked. She calls it the “Tech Ache Relief Remedy.” It works with the brain and the nervous system and is based on leading edge biomechanics, neuroplasticity and the science of the Feldenkrais Method.

Woolf’s “Tech Ache Relief Remedy” consists of simple 5 minute exercises that you can do at your desk. The exercises consist of tiny subtle movements that reset your brain so that it lets go of all the muscle tension and contraction that is causing your Tech Ache. “I was so excited when I discovered this remedy, as it’s so easy! It’s gentle and fun and only takes 5 minutes,” says Woolf. “Not only does it relieve the immediate pain a person is in, but over time it retrains their brain so that they start to use technology in a completely different, more pain-free way. ”

Woolf is passionate about bringing her simple technique to as many people as possible. “This Technology Ache Syndrome epidemic is costing our economy billions of dollars in lost productivity,” she says. “And it is causing millions of people pain and distress. All my years of suffering in silence will have been worth it if I can get this Remedy out to people all over the world. That is my commitment.”

Woolf is launching her Tech Ache Relief Remedy in time for New Year, to inspire people to turn their lives around and end the battle with technology once and for all.

And how is Tahnee Woolf’s life now that she has overcome her years of Tech Ache? Well, she can work at her computer happily for as many hours as she wants, she can play video games, sit in chairs, spend hours on her iPad and send endless text messages… and her body feels perfectly fine. “It’s a complete liberation,” she says. “I’m so grateful!”

The Tech Ache Relief Remedy is available at www.tech-ache-relief.com

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Contact Tahnee directly at TechAcheRelief (at) gmail (dot) com or (503) 446 4022

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