Chiropractor Secunda - Dr. S. Kleingeld

30/12/2025

Bad sitting habits, such as slouching or crossing your legs, can have a detrimental impact on the health of your spine. 🪑 🧍‍♂️Simple changes to your workspace and your sitting posture can go a long way to improving the health of your spine.

📋10 Tips for a Proper Sitting Posture:

1. Keep your pelvis neutral with your buttocks against the back of your chair.
2. Keep your ears, shoulders, and hips in a straight line with the spine.
3. Maintain the normal low back curve – sit all the way back into the chair (Use a back support if necessary).
4. Keep your hips and knees at 90 degrees.
5. Evenly distribute your weight over both hips (avoid leaning to one side).
6. Keep both feet flat on the ground (use foot stool if necessary).
7. Keep your forearms parallel with the floor, resting on your desk.
8. Place your computer monitor 60 - 80 cm from your face with the top 1/3 of monitor at eye level.
9. Regularly check that your head is not protruding forward.
10. Take periodic breaks & stretch out.

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16/12/2025

📱 If you’re like many people, you spend countless hours on your phone and you may be suffering with aches and pains due to poor posture. 🤕

🧍‍♂️➡️ Sitting or standing with the head directed down and forwards for prolonged periods can increase the mechanical stresses on the neck muscles, ligaments and joints by approximately three times. ⚠️

🙌 Remember to make a habit of raising your arms and holding the phone closer to eye level 👀 to reduce the stress on your neck.

⏳ It might sound like a small change, however if you take into account the number of hours you spend on your phone it all adds up. ✅

07/12/2025

Holiday activities can sometimes place extra stress on your spine — from adventure activities to decorating and shopping and let's not forget the long road trips.

A few simple habits can keep your spine happy:

✔ Lift with your legs
✔ Take rest/stretch breaks
✔ Keep good posture
✔ Stay active but not overactive

Wishing our wonderful community a safe, healthy, and happy holiday season! ❤️🎄

06/03/2023

Something we do every day...
Let's make sure we do it right!

26/02/2023

Remember to look after yourself!

Tip for the week...

18/05/2022

Considering most of us sit for the majority of the day, if done incorrectly it can cause more "wear and tear" over time which ultimately can result in significant spinal injury especially in the neck and lower back. Here is a short video with a few easy pointers to help prevent unnecessary strain on the spine.

Correct posture is a simple but very important way to keep the spine healthy. Follow these 6 tips to maintain correct posture and prevent back and neck pain while sitting.

14/06/2021

Please note we are currently experiencing technical difficulties with our landline. Please use 0828987732 to contact the practice. Apologies for any inconvenience, the service provider is attending to the problem.

01/03/2021

Some very important everyday guidelines to remember. Often these guidelines seem insignificant however when considering the amount of time spent at a work station/desk and the accumulation thereof over weeks/months/years it very quickly becomes a significant factor in causing problems in and around your spine. By simply using the correct posture it can make a significant difference in your long term spinal health. Please like and share to spread the awareness.

14/09/2020

This is a nice post to remind everyone to be careful during daily activities to avoid back injuries. Surprisingly the small activities or movements that are often considered insignificant could lead to significant back problems when repeated over the long term.

Don't let daily activities aggravate your lumbar herniated disc. Learn what actions to avoid and what you can do instead.

05/02/2020

Something so small can have a significant impact over long duration. This is important for everyone to consider.

https://www.facebook.com/chiropracticSA/photos/a.1271193986239253/3675480732477221/?type=3&theater

Millennial Hunchbacks
Did you know? 20 year olds are suffering from backs as bad as people DOUBLE their age!

But the great news is, there is a solution.
Chiropractic care can help improve posture, maintain spinal health and provide postural exercises to correct and alleviate pain.
(F4CP 2019)

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25/12/2019

This festive season, we would like to express our gratitude and appreciation for your loyal support throughout this year. We will always help where we can.

Thank You! We look forward to help those who need it in 2020. We will now re-open on 03 Jan 2020.

Wishing you Merry Christmas & a Blessed New Year to all