How the Desk Exercise Programme Works

Desk Therapy is a revolutionary development that offers relief to computer users from pain, stiffness and postural problems. It is easy to integrate the use of Desk Therapy into a daily routine because it offers three excellent advantages over other methods:

• An individually tailored desk exercise regime customised to the user.
• The system reminds the user to perform the exercises through the day.
• All the exercises can be done without leaving your desk.
  

Computer work in an office often involves long periods of maintaining the same posture resulting in accumulated muscle tension and stiffness. Working at a screen can also distract the user from the natural "messages" from the body which would normally encourage us to move and stretch. This results in "distancing" of the user from their own body increasing the risk of musculo-skeletal dysfunction (MSD) and other health problems. Desk Therapy reminds the user to keep moving and stretching during the day reconnecting you to your body and it's needs.

Desk Therapy creates a tailor made exercise programme depending on your symptoms, age, work type, current health status and many other factors. Desk Therapy offers a "specific" setting for people with particular problem areas in their bodies. There is also a "general" setting for people who want to prevent MSD and increase their well being and productivity. This setting can also be used by people who's specific problem has resolved during their subscription and would want to take steps to prevent a recurrence.

The Registration Process

After registering the new member will be directed to our Health Questionnaire.

Desk Therapy will guide the member through a comprehensive questionnaire building up a detailed individual picture of the users occupation, lifestyle, health status and particular MSD problems. Our unique and groundbreaking desk exercise software then processes the information and will select a number of exercises from a library of about 60 videos.

During their time at the computer a pop up window will appear at regular intervals (Desk Therapy recommends about every 40 minutes but this can be altered at any time) and a selection of three videos from the users programme will be chosen and shown in succession. The user is invited to perform the exercises accompanying the video without leaving their chair. All our desk exercises are easy to follow, safe, effective, energising and have been selected by a team of osteopaths and movements therapists.

Each micro-exercise break lasts about 3-4 minutes after which the pop-up window disappears and the user can carry on with their activities. the programme is fully adaptable to fit around the members timetable and will not interfere with their work. In fact most users report an increase in their productivity whilst subscribing to Desk Therapy.