Equipment Is Not A Magical Solution! Following on from my In Focus Blog last week about quick fixes, I want to discuss how ergonomic equipment is seen as a quick fix and dispel the myth that equipment is a magical solution. Don’t get me wrong ergonomic equipment plays a role in managing work related musculoskeletal […]
Is Your Chair Really The Problem? One of the questions I am asked most frequently by clients who suffer with pain whilst working is: “What sort of chair should I get?” And the answer, I respond with – “Is your chair really the problem?” There is no doubt that a chair or more specifically the […]
Time For A New Dance Partner? “You can’t keep dancing with the devil and ask why you’re still in hell” – Unknown. This is a favourite quote of mine and it often comes to mind when I am working with my clients to assist them to take back control of their pain at work. Often […]
Don’t Just Stand There! I have seen a few posts recently on social media about people setting up their standing workstations. Firstly I want to commend people for their efforts in attempting to take steps to address the sitting epidemic. Unfortunately I think there is a common misconception that a standing workstation is the solution. […]
[WARNING] Don’t Become a Statistic In a study conducted by Cook, Burgess-Limerick & Chang (2000) they found the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders including neck and shoulder pain in computer users to be up to 79%. I would imagine now with the ever increasing dependence on the use of laptops and other mobile devices such as […]
Did your dreams of self-employment include physical pain? One of my main motivators for starting my own business was my family. At the time, I decided to go into business my son was nine months old and my daughter was approaching three. Whilst on maternity leave I had been redundant from my job and I […]
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 couch is not an appropriate workspace! Do you have a designated workspace when working from home or do you just set-up wherever and get too it? Do you set yourself up with the laptop on the couch, on the bed (whether in bed under the covers or on the bed) or maybe even at […]
The Forced Yawn Did you know that the eye strain which comes with prolonged computer use can actually cause a lot of tension in the muscles of your face too? If you are spending long hours in front of the computer (as most of us are these days), a simple way to help alleviate eye […]