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I’ve been providing links all week and here is a round up and some more sites to help you if you want more information on ergonomics:
Cornell University: A *very* comprehensive site that covers many topics, including ergonomics for children.
Ergoweb: a forum where you can chat and ask questions about ergonomic topics.
KidsHealth.org: addresses RSIs from both […]
Looking for the information on ergonomics really opened my eyes about a few things and how my own actions were causing some of my chronic pain. I knew a lot about it but not as much as I thought I did. I hope that I provided some value to you all as well.
As for my […]
You’ve read what you should and shouldn’t be doing, but you’re not sure about how it all goes together?
This site shows you with photos of what you should and shouldn’t do at your work station: Injury Prevention for Computer Users.
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Many myths exist in the field of ergonomics. Although I knew that my workstation was not conducive to workplace health, I thought I was helping by having a few ergonomically correct things - like wrist rests, for example.
Ok, so I was wrong. But this week, I’m dedicating myself to making my office and workstation as […]
I had a nice chat with Deborah Quilter on Wednesday. She’s a New York City-based writer, consultant, fitness professional and author of The Repetitive Strain Injury Recovery Book (Walker, New York 1998) and coauthor of Repetitive Strain Injury: A Computer User’s Guide (with Emil Pascarelli, M.D., John Wiley & Sons, New York 1994).
I contacted Deborah […]
Eyestrain is a hazard among office workers who use computers for long periods of time. The issue is often the lighting in the office and, surprisingly, the incorrect placement of the screen - how far or close it is.
This article, Viewing Distance at Computer Workstations, reviews the issue. I learned a good bit from it.
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Contest…. […]
There are a few repetitive stress injuries (RSIs) we hear about regularly, the two most common are tennis elbow and carpal tunnel syndrome. But, there are others. Here is a list of 4 others:
de Quervain’s tenosynovitis: a condition that causes pain between the wrist and the forearm, on the inside of the wrist just above […]
If anyone would have told me that I would be already seeing a positive effect from my Ergonomic Week now, I’d have thought they were nuts. I doubted that I’d see much difference at all, let alone by Monday night.
My neck pain is virtually gone.
Coincidence? Possibly - but I don’t think so. I still feel […]
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