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Background: Restaurant workers are a profession that complains neck pain due to high intensity, lifting heavy loads, often using wrong postures while working. Physiotherapy interventions such as education using leaflets, stretching and education about correct posture while working, can be given to increase knowledge and prevent pain progression. Purpose: To provide education related to neck pain with physiotherapy treatment for the Rumah Makan Pangeran Kota Jambi workers. Method: This activity is community service which held on January, 5-6th 2022. Results: After being given education, there is an increased understanding of neck pain in the Rumah Makan Pangeran Kota Jambi workers, and there is a decrease in level of pain felt, whether it is static pain or tenderness after being given stretching. Conclusion: The provision of education and treatment of physiotherapy can reduce complaints and increase understanding regarding neck pain in the Rumah Makan Pangeran Kota Jambi workers.

CTS is one of the diseases that occurs in many workers so it is often referred to as work-related Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The high number of informal workers allows for high accidents in the workplace. The purpose of this study is to discuss the risk factors for the incidence of CTS in informal sector workers. This research is a descriptive research with the literature review method. The literature search strategy uses a prism flow chart, and inclusion and exclusion criteria. The databases used include: PubMed, Taylor and francis, and Google Scholar. From the 20 articles, 19 of them used the cross-sectional type of research, and 1 article used the case-control type of research. The types of informal work obtained from the 20 articles are: motorcycle taxi drivers, farmers, batik and bead craftsmen, blacksmiths, stone breakers, meatball sellers, coconut peelers, woodcarvers, tailors, angkot drivers, small-scale convection, hairstylists, and butchers. Overall, the journal articles obtained discuss related to the risk factors for the incidence of CTS in informal sector workers. Repetitive movements, length of service, length of work, hand posture (awkward), age, gender, and body mass index were found to influence the incidence of CTS in informal sector workers. Meanwhile, grasping work and a history of diabetes mellitus were not found to be related to the incidence of CTS in informal sector workers.

Low back pain termasuk salah satu gangguan muskuloskeletal yang menyebabkan penurunan produktivitas kerja dan disabilitas. Low back pain diklasifikasikan ke dalam tiga kategori berdasarkan lamanya waktu dari gejala yaitu akut, sub akut, dan kronis. Upaya pencegahan nyeri punggung bawah dengan melakukan kegiatan sehari-hari dengan baik dan benar seperti ketika duduk posisinya harus tegak dan tidak membungkuk bisa dibantu dengan menggunakan bantal pada punggung untuk membantu menopang tulang belakang, mengangkat barang dengan beban yang tidak berat, dan posisi tidur yang benar seperti side lying atau miring dengan kaki salah satu ditekuk, karena nyeri punggung sering diakibatkan karena postur yang salah serta akibat beban di tulang belakang. Kegiatan penyuluhan ini bertujuan agar ibu-ibu PKK dapat mengetahui dan melakukan pencegahan maupun penanganan pada kasus low back pain. Metode yang digunakan adalah ceramah dan tanya jawab. Penyuluhan ini terkait permasalahan kesehatan yang terjadi pada ibu PKK yaitu nyeri punggung bawah. Kegiatan ceramah dimulai dengan melakukan pre-test dan diakhiri dengan post-test untuk mengukur pemahaman dan pengetahuan pada ibu-ibu PKK terhadap topik yang disampaikan. Berdasarkan pre-test dan post-test yang telah dilakukan didapatkan hasil bahwa terdapat peningkatan pemahaman pada ibu-ibu PKK mengenai low back pain.

Menurut Shumway-Cook keseimbangan merupakan kemampuan untuk mempertahankan pusat gravitasi pada bidang tumpu terutama saat posisi tegak. Seseorang yang tidak mampu mempertahankan keseimbangan dapat disebut imbalance. Gangguan keseimbangan postural merupakan hal yang sering terjadi pada lansia. sehingga jika keseimbangan tidak dikontrol maka dapat meningkatkan resiko jatuh pada lansia (Rudi et al., 2019). Menurut Departemen RI (2012) prevalensi gangguan keseimbangan pada lansia di Indonesia yaitu 63,8 - 68,7%. Oleh karena itu, perlu dilakukan upaya untuk meningkatkan keseimbangan pada lansia dan mengurangi resiko jatuh pada lansia yang bisa diterapkan di komunitas. Tujuan kegiatan ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan pemahaman masyarakat terkait gangguan keseimbangan dan program latihan pada lansia. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan ini yaitu penyuluhan yang bersifat tatap muka menggunakan media poster dan leaflet. Evaluasi pengetahuan tentang gangguan keseimbangan dilakukan menggunakan kuesioner baik sebelum maupun sesudah proses penyampaian materi.  

Pregnancy is defined as fertilization or union of spermatozoa and ovum and followed by nidation or implantation. If calculated from the fertility phase until the birth of the baby, a normal pregnancy will take place within 40 weeks or 10 lunar months or 9 months according to the international calendar. Pregnancy lasts in three trimesters, the first trimester lasts 13 weeks, the second trimester 14 weeks (weeks 14 to 27), and the third trimester 13 weeks (weeks 28 to 40)). Pregnancy is a normal process that produces a series of physiological and psychological changes in pregnant women Lower back pain during pregnancy occurs due to changes in pregnancy hormones which increase relaxant hormones (hormones that make muscles relax and become weak), this affects the flexibility of the ligament tissue which ultimately increases joint mobility in the pelvis and will have an impact on spinal and pelvic instability and cause pain. on the back. Other predisposing factors that cause back pain are related to weight gain, changes in body posture due to uterine enlargement, previous back pain and repetitive stretching. Apart from that, back pain is also felt due to incorrect body posture when sitting, standing, lying down and even when doing household activities

The elderly are an age group that is prone to falls. The purpose of this service is to detect the risk of falling in the elderly and provide assistance in balance training as an effort to prevent the risk of falling in the elderly. Falls occur due to unintentional loss of balance resulting in failure of postural stability, or unexpected and sudden changes resulting in a position landing on the floor. Associated risk factors include current health status (living in the community, nursing home, hospital, frail or active state), diseases suffered (diabetes, hip fracture, stroke) and general changes related to aging (decreased balance, coordination, muscle strength, visual impairment, etc.). The output targets to be achieved are in the form of publications in accredited national journals and copyright for videos of community service activities. The method used is a fall risk detection examination using. Elderly gymnastics is a series of regular, directed, and planned movements carried out with the intention of improving the functional abilities of the body. Reporting from the Panti Rapih Hospital page, this activity is carried out regularly and with movements that are not too heavy.