by Liz Kirk (PhD) | Mar 11, 2026 | Injury Prevention, Neck, Back or Shoulder Pain, Office Ergonomics, Overuse Injury, Self-Care
Case Study & Next Step | Why Personalised Ergonomics is Mel’s $5,000 Lesson While on a call with a client, Mel revealed a story many computer users know too well. After moving home, she quickly developed debilitating shoulder pain. For two years, she endured an...
by Liz Kirk (PhD) | Feb 24, 2026 | Injury Prevention, Move More, Neck, Back or Shoulder Pain, Office Ergonomics, Self-Care
Working long hours at a computer takes a toll on your neck and shoulders for people of all ages. Forward neck posture, tight shoulders, and tension headaches are becoming common for everyone, even teens. The good news? You don’t have to accept neck pain as part of the...
by Liz Kirk (PhD) | Feb 17, 2026 | Self-Care, Injury Prevention, Move More, Neck, Back or Shoulder Pain, Workplace Health
What leaders need to know—and what you can do this week Why this matters Long hours of computer-based work are quietly increasing pain, fatigue, and weight gain across office and contact centre teams—even among people who exercise regularly. This isn’t a motivation or...
by Liz Kirk (PhD) | Feb 8, 2026 | Injury Prevention, Move More, Office Ergonomics, Self-Care, WHS, Workplace Health
The rapid shift to working from home (WFH) has fundamentally changed the 21st-century workforce, offering flexibility but also introducing a new range of ergonomic and health risks. While many organisations rely on standard ergonomic checklists and workstation photos...
by Liz Kirk (PhD) | Jan 19, 2026 | Injury Prevention, Office Ergonomics, Overuse Injury, Safety, Training, WHS, Workplace Health
Why Self-Care Ergonomic Behaviours Are Now a WHS Imperative Work has changed, and with it, the shape of WHS risk. Today’s computer-based workplaces, particularly contact centres and high-volume screen environments, face a growing wave of musculoskeletal pain,...
by Liz Kirk (PhD) | Jan 13, 2026 | Injury Prevention, Office Ergonomics, Office Health & Wellbeing, Overuse Injury, Safety, Self-Care, Training, WHS, Workplace Health
Contact centres rarely experience catastrophic safety incidents, which is why workplace health and safety can feel like a low priority. Yet agents spend long hours seated at screens, repeating the same movements with little variation — a work pattern that carries...
