essay on use of technology during lockdown
Answers
How Technology Can Help You Survive Lockdown
Antony LeatherSenior Contributor
Consumer Tech
The huge adjustments we’ve had to make to stay at home to help limit the spread of coronavirus are necessary, but are also having a detrimental affect on our physical and mental health. Spending large amounts of time indoors, working from home, sitting for long periods and general isolation can quickly start to take their toll.
I’ve been working from home for eight years and know all about these issues and thankfully I have a few tips to share to help your time in lockdown takes less of a toll and technology is at the heart of all of them
Keep active, keep stretching
This is the single most important piece of advice I can give and everyone should be getting out for half an hour a day where possible. As soon as you cut out that morning commute, you’ll be cutting the calories you burn eat day, potentially leading to noticeable weight gain over several months. I can highly recommend removing those snacks and cookies from the house too. You’ll also be less fit, but there’s a more sinister issue, which will eventually lead to back pain. In fact, there are plenty of reports of increases in back pain already and the vast majority of these will be down to inactivity. Anyone that’s switched to working from home or is not working is particularly vulnerable.
WOMAN WITH LOWER BACK PAIN
Woman suffering from back pain. (Photo by: [+]
UNIVERSAL IMAGES GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGES
The problem stems from your muscles and how they can shorten – especially your legs – and can become tense if you’re sitting all day and not doing much exercise. This can lead to an increased risk of back pain and back injury as well as stiffness, especially in the lower back and pelvic region – something I know all about and it can be incredibly painful and make your life miserable. Some simple stretches done every day can help to prevent it.
I found the best recourse for this, as with nearly everything else, was YouTube and following some simple stretches from Pilates teachers such as London-based Michelle Lane helped enormously in preventing back pain and my advice is to run through videos like hers (see below) several times a week, or even just doing ten minutes every day.