It was never about running… My Behavioural Change Journey It was never about running… Running was the just the vehicle to facilitate my behavioural change. My behavioural change journey started in early April 2015 with a sore back, a walk, and recognition of enough talk. The fires in me started burning. I had recognised the […]
Making An Investment In Your Health With A Sit-Stand Workstation I am a big advocate for sit-stand workstations and increasing standing time at work. With the government incentives for small businesses to purchase assets for an immediate tax write off, why not consider an investment in your health before end of financial year. There are […]
Pain at work is NOT okay! Ergonomics is all about fitting the task to the man. It is a science concerned with human factors and in the context of a workplace, is intended to maximise productivity levels through eliminating an individual’s discomfort and fatigue. Where there is a mismatch between an individual, their environment and […]
The importance of knowing YOURSELF in making lasting behavioural change I’ll begin by quoting the words that inspired this post – “The only way (not the fastest or the best or a trick or a cheat), the ONLY way to change a habit of a behaviour is to know yourself. If you don’t know yourself first, […]
The KNOCK ON EFFECT of Behavioural Change Making the commitment to behavioural change in one area of your life often brings positive change in other areas of your life too. I have recently committed to running again. In the past, running for me has been in fits and starts, something that I would do for […]
Fatigue and good posture are not friends! I have learnt from personal experience that fatigue and good posture are not friends! I bet you know the feeling all too well too. Picture this – you are burning the midnight oil trying to get some work completed, so tired that you are leaning so far forward […]
Mousing Left Handed Challenge In my experience, the majority of people I see use the mouse with their right hand. I am one of those people too. I often suggest swapping the mouse between the right and left side, to share the workload between both upper limbs. In actual fact, positioning the mouse on the […]
Behavioural Change – Is difficult, but well worth the rewards… One of the key elements of any working from home, ergonomic or workstation assessment that I complete with my clients is education. Education, with a key focus on the importance of behavioural change in eliminating unnecessary pain. Understanding that our behaviours or habits are actually […]