People who work on the outer shells of cars and trucks, right? Actually, body mechanics is the way one uses the body to complete a task. Your body mechanics (we all have them!) either serve your intentions well or not so much. The young mother with several children, dinner on the stove, carrying a baby in a sling, talking on the phone, watching a TV show and playing kickball with the toddler all at the same time may or may not be using good body mechanics. Is she using a headset or speaker with the phone? Are the stove, TV and toddler all lined up in one direction? Is the baby sling balanced in her center of gravity? If so, then she may have her body aligned in good poise. Now imagine that phone wedged between a shoulder and an ear. The baby sling adjusted over the leg she likes to stand on. The TV is off to one side, the toddler to the other side. Can you see her body torqued to accommodate these activities? She is young and able to do this for days on end. Then one day the timer goes off on the stove and the timer in her body goes off too! As she reaches to turn the burner off from an odd angle an over used muscle goes into spasm. Or an over stressed vertebra goes out of alignment. Her body mechanics have not served her intentions. 
I am not telling anyone to avoid multi-tasking. It is recommended but not always possible. What I am saying is to please be mindful of how you are using your body to do the things you do everyday. How can you make life easier for your physical self so the tasks you want to complete do not wipe you out before your timer goes off? Ask your massage therapist to help you connect the dots between your activities of daily living and the aches and pains in your body. Massage can relieve the physical stresses and then you can make simple changes to stop perpetuating or exacerbating your discomforts. Life happens! Let’s work with it for the best possible outcome.
hibbardann 