Question Ergo Training
Position Paper Why we question the benefits of office ergonomics This paper argues that the doubts regarding the benefits of office ergonomics have arisen due to the unrealised gap between research and the development of training that successfully translates that...
ARE YOU GETTING HEADACHES?
Spending long hours looking down at a screen, especially when bright and fairly close to your face is hard on your eyes, and your neck, upper back and shoulder muscles. ◊ Try reducing the brightness on your screen to reduce eye strain. Desktop computers can commonly...
A Frightening Trend
There is a frightening trend among my clients. It reveals cracks in our current WHS and wellness programs. While we think employees in their 20’s as the least likely to get soft tissue injuries (tendonitis, chapel tunnel), these are exactly the group that...
Avoiding Finger Tendonitis
If you use computers and screens a lot, you will also know the feeling of an achy, tired index finger from frequent scrolling, swiping and mouse clicking. Take care! Something as small as a painful index finger can seriously affect your work. It’s easy to think an...
The Challenge – Notebooks!
Every office has a range of commonly used work tools that challenge even the best office ergonomic checklist. Notebooks and the need to write and refer to notes is one such challenge. A Problem Causing Pain Notebooks are commonly placed to the...
Simple Behavours to Protect Yourself from Computer Neck Pain & Headaches
How often do you get headaches and neck pain after working with screens? Imagine the effect on your business when that happens to most of your staff! Pain has been associated with increased absenteeism, presenteeism, and staff turnover, and decreased productivity and...
Take Action to Prevent Headaches @ Work!
We use screens almost continuously at work and at home. We also spend a lot of time looking down at phones or tablets. This means we also hold static, tense and awkward postures for long periods. It’s not surprising we get headaches using computers, especially tension...
The Car Seat, Not An Office Chair Maybe Causing Back Pain
Good assessments look beyond the workstation for the causes of pain During our one-on-one intensives, in addition to the usual range of questions, (e.g. what screens are used at home, what advice has your physio provided etc), we always ask, “When else do you find you...